COMPARING ELT POLICIES IN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA: DO THEY STILL NEED ENGLISH? (A LITERATURE STUDY)

Abd Rajab

doi:10.51574/jrip.v1i2.69

Abstract

Language policy is one issue that should be highlighted because language policy is one of the most important things to develop in a country. In language, the main goal to be achieved is the successful delivery of our goals and objectives to the listener. Thus, Language policy is concerned with a highly complex issue; therefore, language policy as a separate field of study requires an interdisciplinary approach drawing upon the knowledge and tools of several academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology, anthropology, and political theory. This paper aimed to suggest for Indonesia English Education based Japan and South Korea practice in ELT.

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Language policy is one issue that should be highlighted because language policy is one of the most important things for language development in a country
Language policy is concerned with a highly complex issue; language policy as a separate field of study requires an inteirdisciplinary approach drawing upon the knowledge and tools of several academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology, anthropology, and political theory
This paper suggests for Indonesia English Education

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Language policy is one issue that should be highlighted because language policy is one of the most important things for language development in a country. English has become the language to communicate with people from various countries. This can be seen as a consequence of the globalization era, “Learning an international language is the best choice in a globalized world instead of learning every single language to communicate with foreign people” (Orsel & Yavuz, 2017). In this case, English is used as Lingua Franca. There are several reasons why English is used widely, “The first one is migration and the second one is colonization (Kachru, 2008)

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