Abstract
This study investigates Indonesian high school students’ attitude towards the benefits of bilingual classroom instructions. The researchers also share the view that bilingual program which is advocates the use of two languages in teaching and learning processes strengthens the concept of the two languages and constructs an automatic good translating system in learners’ brain which is fruitful to establish meta-cognitive and cognitive strands. For this study, the data were obtained from the distribution of a questionnaire adapted from synthesising some benefit of learning other languages that learners could experience in bilingual education: 1) the language benefit for communication, 2) a better understanding of ideas and concepts, 3) access to more opportunities in life and 4) social and inter-cultural. The finding suggests that most students of the eleventh 11th grade of Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Cendekia Jambi had a positive attitude towards the benefits of bilingual instruction.
 
 Keywords: Bilingualism, bilingual instruction, attitude.
Highlights
Background of the studyAttitude has been received significant attention from language acquisition and learning researchers
Most of the research studies on the issue have concluded that student’s attitude is a fundamental part of learning ; it should become an essential component of second language learning pedagogy
Evidences reveal that the student who has positive attitude towards her learning other language correlate to her language learning process
Summary
Attitude has been received significant attention from language acquisition and learning researchers. Teachers use two languages as a means of classroom instructions in language class and in some selected subjects such as natural sciences, social science, mathematics and humanities (Margana, 2009) The aim of this bilingual education is to develop students’ competencies in both their first and second or foreign language. Bilingualism provides one of the best examples of how language, once learned, becomes an essential tool of the intellect and fosters cognitive growth From this definition, most programs of bilingual education suit into one of these categories: a) instruction is given in both languages simultaneously; b) instruction is given first in Ll, and the pupil is taught until such time when he can use L2 as a mean of learning and c) the most substantial part of the instruction is given through L2, and Ll is introduced at a later stage, first as a subject and later as a medium of instruction. Corresponding to the above perspective towards the importance of attitudes towards the benefits of bilingual education, the writers have the intention to investigate the students’ attitudes towards the benefit of bilingual instruction in MAN Cendekia Jambi
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