Prof BJ Habibie sudah mencanangkan dan menganjurkan penguasaan&penggunaan bahasa inggris di depan sekumpulan pelajar2 SMA thn 1992 .Daripada menterjemahkan literatur inggris ke dalam bahasa indonesia akan jauh lebih efektif dan efisien menguasainya.
----- Original Message ----- From: Sandy Dwiyono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:48 PM Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [ppiindia] Seluruh Asia ingin menguasai Bahasa Inggris - Email found in subject > Orang Asia saat ini "tergila-gila" dengan BI merupakan > suatu yang wajar, karena saat ini penguasa IpTek > adalah masih di Barat sana. Nanti jika Asia menjadi > Pusat Dunia dengan sendirinya secara alamiah maka > gerakan bandul akan beralih. Bahasa dan kebudayaan > juga terkait dengan kepentingan ekonomi. > --- rahardjo mustadjab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dari Indonesia, laporan menggemberikan adalah para > > remaja yang memenangkan berbagai hadiah di Olimpiade > > Fisika di Beijing bahasa Inggrisnya joss. Demikian > > dilaporkan Anton John Hartomo. Bukan itu saja, juga > > sekolah-sekolah swasta Indonesia-plus ada yang > > menggunakan Inggris sebagai bahasa pengantar di > > kelas. > > Dan .. ehm, SBY kalau jadi presiden bakalan tidak > > ada > > hambatan bahasa di pertemuan-pertemuan ASEAN > > utamanya. > > > > Malaysia juga menyadari bahwa daya saingnya > > terkorbankan setelah menggalakkan Bahasa Kebangsaan. > > Tahun lalu, negara jiran ini mulai lagi menggunakan > > bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa pengantar untuk mata > > pelajaran sains dan matematika di kelas. Vietnam, > > Laos dan Kamboja juga sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu > > menggalakkan penguasaan bahasa Inggris, dan hasilnya > > mulai kelihatan sekarang. > > > > Salam, > > RM > > > > (The Straits Times Asia interactive) > > AUG 16, 2004 > > Asia goes back to school to learn English > > By John Newland > > > > From students to civil servants, English has become > > the language of choice among many Asians. The > > Straits > > Times correspondents look at how the trend of > > learning > > > the language of global commerce is hotting up in > > the > > region. > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > > > > > > SOUTH Korean high school student Ko Seo Yong rarely > > goes home right after classes. > > > > Instead, the 18-year-old, who will sit for the > > year-end university entrance examination, heads for > > a > > private institute, known as hakwon, for extra > > lessons > > in English. And she does that five times a week. > > > > 'I must excel in English as a good grade is needed > > to > > get into a university, especially a prestigious > > one,' > > she said. > > > > Such determination is not unique to students in > > South > > Korea. Children and adults throughout Asia are > > putting > > their heads down in class and paying big money to > > acquire and hone English-language skills. > > > > In a globalised world, governments and individuals > > in > > the region realise the key to prosperity - in fact, > > survival - depends in large part on communicating in > > English. > > > > A lead player in this drive is Malaysia, where > > language is a political powder keg. Any push for > > English is seen as a bid to sweep aside the > > importance > > of Malay as the national language and, consequently, > > an affront to the Malay community. > > > > Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, a Member of Parliament > > from > > Johor, typifies the trend towards English. 'I speak > > to > > all my children in English at home. I also emphasise > > to them that not only must they master the language, > > they must speak it well,' he tells The Straits > > Times. > > > > But, unlike Datuk Nur Jazlan's children, many > > Malaysians still cannot speak English correctly - > > this > > despite the fact that all school examinations and > > lessons were in English 20 years ago and the > > language > > is still taught in primary and secondary schools. > > > > The government realised a few years ago that the > > drastic slide in English standards would affect the > > country's business competitiveness. It also noticed > > that many people with poor command of the language > > were Malays, and that that prevented them from > > getting > > rewarding jobs. > > > > But last week, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz, Umno's > > women's > > wing chief and long-serving Cabinet minister, > > underscored the obstacles faced by the government > > when > > she said that mastering English 'does not make one > > less Malay or less Malaysian'. > > > > Education Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein also > > pushed the case. 'I don't want to hear excuses. As a > > trading nation, our children's competence in English > > is a survival skill,' he said recently. > > > > English tuition is now a major money spinner in > > Malaysia and is estimated to be a > > multi-million-ringgit industry, especially in the > > Malay heartland states, where English language > > centres > > are mushrooming. > > > > The renewed emphasis on English began last year, > > when > > schools started using it for science and mathematics > > lessons despite criticisms from many Malay > > nationalists. > > > > The government in Taiwan, where English proficiency > > of > > adults still trails most Asia-Pacific nations, is > > encouraging its 260,000 civil servants to get in the > > game. > > > > 'Civil servants aged under 40 will be given extra > > credits helpful to their job promotions if they pass > > a > > special English proficiency test,' said Mr Lee > > Yi-yang, chief of the Central Personnel > > Administration > > (CPA). > > > > Under the CPA's plan, especially targeting some > > 130,000 civil servants under the age of 40, > > employees > > will be given three years to improve their English. > > Those passing the elementary level of the General > > English Proficiency Test will be awarded two extra > > points in annual performance appraisals. > > > > The move is in line with the government project of > > 'cultivating e-generation talents' under the > > Cabinet's > > Challenge 2008 National Development Programme. > > > > Those passing the intermediate level test will earn > > four extra points, said Mr Lee, but anyone who fails > > will not be demoted. > > > > But in the world's second-largest economy, > > English-language education has been a flop. > > > > Japan's Education Ministry basically conceded this > > two > > years ago, after millions of Japanese had passed > > through half a century of elective English learning > > in > > secondary schools. > > > > In a paper released last year, the ministry lamented > > that because of poor English, 'many Japanese are > > restricted in their exchanges with foreigners'. > > Neither are ideas and opinions 'evaluated > > appropriately'. > > > > Among the measures to boost proficiency, it is > > considering making English lessons compulsory in > > elementary schools. It will announce a decision next > > March. > > > > While many Japanese welcome the news that the > > younger > > generation might speak better English, mandating it > > in > > elementary schools has stirred a hot debate. > > > > Housewife Akiko Suzuki, 36, who believes foreign > > languages are best learnt before age eight or nine, > > is > > all for it. Her daughter will be entering elementary > > school in two years. > > > > But a linguistics expert who has written > > passionately > > about the issue in newspapers, Professor Heizo > > Nakajima, said in an interview: 'I am more negative > > than positive about introducing compulsory English > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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