Betul,mas. Juga bahasa Perancis sampai revolusi Perancis menjadi bahasa elit, bahasa
kaum bangsawan. Begitulah, zaman berubah, tekhnologi berkembang...
Salam
RM DH
Satrio Arismunandar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dulu pernah ada zamannya, orang giat belajar bahasa
Yunani, untuk dianggap berpengetahuan.
Kemudian, ada zamannya, orang giat belajar bahasa
Arab, untuk belajar ilmu pengetahuan (Eropa waktu itu
masih di zaman kegelapan). Baghdad adalah pusat ilmu
pengetahuan dan peradaban (Amerika masih dunia yang
tak dikenal).
Sekarang, orang belajar bhs Inggris... (Tapi kalau mau
dagang, bagus juga tahu Bahasa Mandarin dan Bhs
Jepang!)
--- Sandy Dwiyono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> >
> >
> >
> > 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,
>
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