Language of Instruction in Indonesian Bilingual Early Childhood Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1507.11Keywords:
language of instruction, Indonesian bilingual, early childhood education learningAbstract
More than 700 languages are spoken in Indonesia. However, based on the 1945 Constitution, Chapter XV, Article 36, the state language is Indonesian. Therefore, Indonesian is the official teaching language at all levels of education, including the early childhood education (ECE) level. However, this provision is challenging to implement because many young children in Indonesia do not understand Indonesian; they generally speak their mother tongue instead. For example, in West Java, Sundanese is considered the mother tongue and is spoken by most of the population. Consequently, ECE teachers are required to develop strategies to fulfil the requirements for using Indonesian as the language of instruction for students who do not understand Indonesian. The ECE teachers’ strategy is to use Indonesian as the language of instruction in accordance with stipulations but incorporate Sundanese so that their students can understand what they are conveying. Implementing this strategy involves code mixing and code switching between Indonesian and Sundanese. ECE teachers follow these methods not to alter the grammar of the two languages but to provide a bridge for their students to understand the teaching material and eventually be able to speak Indonesian.
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