This morning, March 30th, 2010, the SMP students of 9th grade passed the 2nd day of National Examination, the Subject was English. We know that for Indonesian students and people English is still as foreign language. It is different with what Malaysian, Indian or Singapore students suppose that English is as their second language. So they use it in their daily life. Of course it gives big different influences, as a foreign language, our students find difficulties in getting real community practice and use it. But for people who use English as their second language, even they use English in most of their daily conversations.
So we find in years that English always becomes the most difficult subject in schools and most students who failed in national examination because of it. Although nowadays after we have many TV and Radio channels that makes English programs and news, so our students find real English conversations around them. But it seems that it hasn't shown good result......
What do you think .... I hope the English teachers have many methods and ways to change this bad image..... And they can show through the result of National Examination, that English will not become the biggest reason of students failure in this year National Examination. Hope it doesn't become the most difficult subject anymore...... Good luck ....
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