The elimination of English from the 2013 Curriculum of primary school-level of education gets various reactions from the society. The cons state that English has to be learned at early age because it is a global era. People go everywhere and meet people from many parts of the world easily and the easiest way is using English as a tool for communication. The pros state that character building is…
Era global menunutut baik itu pendidik maupun siswa mempunyai kompetensi global yang meliputi kesadaran internasional, penghargaan keberagaman budaya, kecakapan berbahasa Inggris, dan bahasa asing lain, dan kecakapan yang kompetitif di bidang masing-masing. Tamatan pendidikan vokasi akan bersaing ketat dengan sumberdaya manusia di tingkat ASEAN maupun di tingkat global. makalah ini mendiskusika…
Globalization opens up the chances for students of hotel studies to have on-the-job training at hotels abroad with the duration of six months up to one year. At the first three months the students got difficulties in using their English and get less interaction and appropriate behaviour because in a hotel abroad there are many staffs from many countries using English with the differents Accents…
English teachers in the global era are demanded not only teaching the language but are being able to be sensitive to the issues, to be ready to see the realities and manage of all these into the classroom. The realities are among others, the development of English to be a communication tool, Indonesian learners of English is firmly rooted with local and national identity and that the global…
The objectives of the tourism development are among others, enhancing the image of the country, loving the country and strengthening international friendships. This can be conducted through education institution and empowerment of community in the field of language, art, and culture. What, which and how the language to learn ideally is supported by government rules and policies. These rules ar…
The teaching of ESP so far has been dominated by the belief that linguistic mastery of English is considered sufficient to deliver the contents of the subject matter concerned. This view seems to need a critical overview for verbal communication in general, let alone in ESP, requires both proficiency in the language and the contents. This implies that English teachers in ESP need to be equipped…
Risk management theoritically or practicallyis an important need for the international program particpants and for the organizer.Many campuses in Indonesia hold the Indonesian Language and Culture Program and other similarcultural programs.To face the enaction of ASEAN Economic Community next December 2015 in which one of the programs is the issuance of free visa for skilled labors, the in…
English as a tool for communication in the globalized world has lead to the need to shift the focus of teaching orientation. The teaching of English should shift from General English (GE) to Specific English (SP). This anticipates the follow-up action of the ASEAN Community in 2015 on the agreement of the movement of five areas: free flow of goods, services, investment, capital and free flow of…
As one of the sixteen destinations included in the main strategy of tourism development and creative economy of Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara has a number of tourist attractions. Interesting and amazing tourist destinations there are komodo dragons, nature tourism Lake Kelimutu, heritage tourism, Kupang the city of 1000 churches, traditional weaving crafts, and still many others. Of those …