Posted 26 Jul 2010
TEFL qualified people could be in demand to teach English in Indonesia as it has grown in popularity.
More and more youngsters are being sent to private schools in order to be taught in English rather than in the native language, reported the New York Times on July 25th.
It is believed that this increased demand for teaching English in Indonesia is due to the social status attached to those who can speak the language.
In some cases, Indonesians take pride in speaking their native language poorly, called Bahasa, as it shows they are from the upper or middle strata of society.
The government recently announced that all schools in Indonesia would have to teach the nation’s official language to its students by 2013 amid fears that the language is dying out.
Suyanto, who oversees primary and secondary education at the Education ministry, told the news provider: “If we don’t regulate them, in the long run this could be dangerous for the continuity of our language.
”If this big country doesn’t have a strong language to unite it, it could be dangerous."
Indonesia is located in South East Asia and has a population of at least 230 million. This makes it the fourth most populous country in the world.
Category: Asia, Living Abroad
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