Name : Shalva Putri Imantary

Class : English Education A’19

Course : English Young Learners

1. Why is it important that EYL is taught in Indonesian context?

English is the international language which is used in most population in the world, therefore
it is taught from the primary to university, in the primary level the English teaching process is
introduced to know the language used in communication. Indonesia is a nation in which the
most population used Bahasa Indonesia as the lingua franca, and English is considered as a
foreign language. But in most central cities in Indonesia, English is used on many occasions
in delivering speech, material and also the message in oneinteraction.

2. Why do you need to learn EYL?

As young people, maybe we need to learn eyl so that our variations in English are not fixed
on a standard and cold grammar, with eyl we can hone our creativity in using the language.

3. How should EYL is taught in Indonesian context?

Indonesia implemented teaching English to young learner since 2004 which is considered as
local content in the elementary school. In addition, English is taught in different objective
without any regulation that leads the teacher in teaching. Basically, in English young
classroom, the teacher should have various strategies in attracting the learner in studying;
they should introduce the function of language as a means of communication and make them
joyful in using it.