Between Local Languages, Indonesian, and English: What Language Do EFL students in Indonesia Really Use Daily?

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10.2991/assehr.k.211102.045How to use a DOI?

Keywords

multilingualism; multilingual EFL students; language use; language survey

Abstract

Growing up in multilingual settings, Indonesian EFL learners are blessed with their linguistic richness. However, being multilingual foreign language learners sometimes entails having limited time of using the target language. This paper portrays daily language use by Indonesian EFL students. Research data are collected through a survey addressed to EFL students (n = 105) of three different universities in Indonesia. The results of statistical data analysis reveal that apart from the fact the majority of respondents are of Sundanese ethnicity and that they are majoring in English, Indonesian is reported to be the most prolifically used language. This may imply that the dominance of Indonesian over local languages and English is facilitated by a language policy that makes Indonesian as the only official language in the archipelagic country.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Asep Suparman
AU  - Amir Hamzah
AU  - Rajji K. Adireja
AU  - Eva D. Sofyawati
AU  - Nizar A. Hamdani
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/16
TI  - Between Local Languages, Indonesian, and English: What Language Do EFL students in Indonesia Really Use Daily?
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICoRSH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 393
EP  - 397
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211102.045
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211102.045
ID  - Suparman2021
ER  -