During college, a
friend never confide in English related subjects who attended to me. He is a
university with me, just different faculties; I diFKIP, he was in FE. He told
me that his professor at the time a lot more to talk about grammar, with a
mixed class in the hall, to the 100-student, and exam (according to him) the
difficulty for mercy.
The back story comrades
crossed my mind when some of this week to spend a lot of time to read and make
a summary of the history of English language teaching (English Language
Teaching, shortened ELT). This history chronicles the development of ELT around
the world, through the books HH Stern, and in Indonesia, through Prof. article.
Eugene Sadtono, Ph.D.. Both make me restless and, a little very pessimistic.
How could I not, at the
international level, the teaching of English language itself is much more
failure than success. Such revolutionary methods Methoddan Direct Audio-Lingual
Method was, despite massive influence around the world, has failed in achieving
teaching effectiveness.
In Indonesia, even
called Prof. ELT. Sadtono as "flogging a dead horse"; waste of time
and effort alone. He stated, that any method, TEFL in formal schools in
Indonesia will not be successful, because the method is only one aspect of the
many other factors that it is not taken care of properly.
Under the Dutch,
English, like other European languages, the language of the elite who only
taught in schools upscale. A small portion of native residents are fortunate to
be able to learn it. In the Japanese era, alas, forbidden to teach English!
After independence, ELT started running, with the intervention of the U.S. and
British aid, and the ruling regime, and English are considered pro-capitalism,
again banned.
New Order, ELT
re-developed. Unfortunately, billions of dollars from the west, such as the
World Bank and UNDP, managed, sorry, haphazard, as did the education fund at
that time even until now (?). The result, so as we have seen together. Problem
geographic, demographic, social and cultural, have been firmly rooted as a
barrier to teaching. This coupled with the new order of the corrupt bureaucracy
and centralized. ELT in Indonesia, sorry to say, fails miserably.
Another thorny issue of
HR. In 80/90-an era, represented by Iwan Fals, Oemar Bakrie, there are
stereotypes associated painful teaching profession: a small salary, not bona
fide, the future bleak. Parents unwilling child to be a teacher, be cool to be
a doctor or an engineer then? Teachers' Training College was quiet enthusiasts.
Live 'stock the rest', * rude * Ko .. mostly from villages, who wants to be a
teacher. Well, the English teacher, actually quite a lot of people targeted.
But wait, for what?
In the past, when
joined SNCA, 2000, allotted 30 seats are available for English Language
Education Program at my college's 500 contested by prospective students. The
ratio of this extraordinary, when it is only outdone by the Faculty of
Medicine. The question is then, why? As it turns out, a lecture in English
Department, as we call it, it enables graduates to work OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL
TEACHER! They could be a bank clerk, translator, coal and oil company
employees, consultants, and a variety of other well-established life dreams. I
am one of those who are tempted to dream, when it.
Be back, just 'leftover
stock' is placed in the position of teacher, teaching with modest competence,
with a modest salary as well. No wonder if the success of ELT in formal schools
was very low! What can be expected from an English class 4 hours a week, with 40s
noisy students, incompetent teachers are not happy at the same time, and again,
a curriculum that does not pay attention to students' socio-cultural factors?
So was, if anything
they are fluent in English, proficient cas-cis-cus, or neatly written, like the
bloggers who I admire often when I write eNggris; Teacher's call it, Masbro
Sora, or Pito Ma'am, I am sure, it is not merely the skills they gain from
attending school. Please be clarified, but, if students had mastered the
English language, it's usually because of the persistence of the child's
parents also financial sacrifice; either because the child does prodigi, had a
tremendous interest in, or participate in the famous course.
However, optimism must
have to keep sowing. I believe, one day at school ELT will be much more
successful than it is now. The development of Information Technology, for
example, can greatly assist teachers in preparing the device and the media, as
long as the teacher want to try. Government programs such as teacher certification,
national standards and RSBI schools, SBC, and so on, although not free from
criticism here and there, at least also can make the teaching profession again
ogled. And hopefully there will be more people good, competent, and happy, who
want to be teachers, especially English teachers.
Sumber
:https://amed.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/elt-sejarah-dan-keresahan-saya/
