THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

English is International Language.Many people acknowledging that is important thing today.In Indonesian, english was second language yet yesterday because literature from the goverment that English will lose in elementary school is popular.Indonesian will change that curriculum to be “perekat bangsa” curriculum and it makes english remove in elementary school.

Miss Esti as young teacher from SDN Pesantren 2 Kediri said, ”English is necessary in elemantary school as basic to learn more in junior and senior high school.”

She continued, “If English is removed in elementary ,students will be difficult to understand English in high level because they have not basic.In elementary,they can study and recognize simple things like colours,hobbies,name of things,activities and etc.”

She who born on April 1986 also thought that children must learned english as world language because they have already to learn it  since early on (elementary age).

In Her opinion,moreover public school this subject wes very significant to competitive with international school and other school.

She who likes reading novel  also adding “if this country wants to get progress so English must learn.”

The teacher who teach in this second grade,also explain that parents from students disagree if english was lost because this modern period with modern technology for example to operate laptop.

Miss esti confessed that social network also popular in our society and many employees who work in UK, Britain,Singapore,etc also need english to communicate with other people overthere.

“But advantages from this problem is more parents will take their children to the course and it has mean that course will go forward,” she said.

This citizen of Gurah village also said,”may be in play group or kindergarten english is deleted it isn’t problem because they more necessary mother language it is Indonesian than foreign.”

So,she thought that literature has not reason.

“how indonesian people can go international if English is deleted,”she addition.

She hoped that goverment would thought again about it.

Di Ainji Sosialis / 11.1.01.08.0052/ 2D