Language Policy: Administrators and Teachers’ view on English as Medium of Instruction Implementation in Indonesia

Abstract

International standard school program aims at improving quality of  students in which implementing English as medium of instruction in the teaching and learning process in mathematics and science subjects. This paper presents the evaluation result of English as medium of instruction in an international standard school program implementation. Findings show that the administrators and teachers have met the qualification requirements of the Ministry of National Education of Indonesia except the TOEFL and proficiency in the English language. The administrators’ perception of use of English as medium of instruction admitted that teachers could not fully use English as medium of instruction because they may not be proficient in the language. In focus group discussion, teachers did not implement the policy and fully aware that they are not proficient in English besides that it is difficult to deliver their content subjects through English. Therefore, the government should offer in-service training program for bilingual teachers which may be dubbed “English for science and Math Teaching”.

Key words: English policy, international standard school (ISS), implementation, English as medium of instruction (EMI).