Promoting English Education along Indonesian Coastal Zone

Abstract

Coastal zone has a number of potentials to develop, including tourism industry, and English mastery is required to support it. Maritime tourism industry needs to be developed to achieve Indonesia’s goal as a global maritime axis. English as a universally accepted language plays an important role in promoting tourism. However, not all Indonesian people, including those in coastal zones, speak the language. It is therefore important to promote English education in the areas. This has actually been attempted with the inclusion of English as part of the national curriculum of secondary schools. Questions arise whether English education along the Indonesian coastal zone, particularly along the borders, has satisfactorily achieved its goal. Through questionnaire and observation, this study surveyed the problems of English education in Indonesian coastal areas to give the overview of English language teaching condition in order to give beneficial contribution to English education along Indonesian coastal zone. Based on the problems found in the investigation, some suggestions are made to promote English education along Indonesian coastal zone.