ED Students' Perceptions Toward Bilingual Education in Indonesia in Academic Reading Class

Proceedings The 5th International Seminar 2011 "Teacher Education in the Era of World Englishes", Salatiga, November 21-22, 2011, p. 91-103Since Indonesia has very large population, so that Indonesia's education system is large and complex (Coleman, 2009). One of the systems is Bilingual education system that harvests many critics, comments, perception, and also supports from many parties. This phenomenon also arises in Academic Reading class in English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University which put "bilingual education" as the main material to be discussed in every meeting. By asking Academic Reading students' perception toward Bilingual education, we could have more sources for applying Bilingual Education for ED students will become teacher in the futur