Research Article
Developing a Model of ‘Proficiency in English’ for the Indonesian Local Context: Some Considerations from the English as an International Language (EIL) Perspective
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289012, author={S Imelwaty and T Helda and E Kemal and L Perpisa}, title={Developing a Model of ‘Proficiency in English’ for the Indonesian Local Context: Some Considerations from the English as an International Language (EIL) Perspective }, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Local Wisdom, INCOLWIS 2019, August 29-30, 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={INCOLWIS}, year={2019}, month={10}, keywords={‘proficiency in english' english language teaching (elt) english as an international language (eil)}, doi={10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289012} }- S Imelwaty
T Helda
E Kemal
L Perpisa
Year: 2019
Developing a Model of ‘Proficiency in English’ for the Indonesian Local Context: Some Considerations from the English as an International Language (EIL) Perspective
INCOLWIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289012
Abstract
Based on the ‘anti-normative paradigms’, English is viewed as a pluricentric language that there is no uniform standard norm for it. This sociolinguistics reality has become an issue for English language educators particularly in the context where English has not been used for daily local communications. Confusions arise among them as which models of English should be taught to their English language learners. To this end, the study was conducted to develop a model of ‘Proficiency in English' which may suit with the local English language learners and users in the Indonesian local context. An iterative design-based research approach was employed consisting of four main stages. This article only reports the results of the second stage of the study that offers a solution by reconstructing the model of ‘Proficiency in English’ for the Indonesian local context within English as an International Language (EIL) perspective which embraces all kind of varieties of English equally.