Language Policy
English for YL
Dr. Ima Isnaini TR, M.Pd
English for YL in early
education
• EYL (English for young learner) refers to children’s
learning of English in pre-primary or primary
(elementary) school education, for whom English is not
their first language. It includes children whose first
language is the national language of their country, when
learning English as additional language
• Early education is not only the place where EYL occurs, It
is the active process education children at school.
Language policy
• The term language policy is used because it allows English to
be embedded along with other languages in a country’ s
overall approach.
• Language policy has important at many levels of society- e.g.,
individual, family, educational institution, peer-group, small
community, business, city, region, interest group.
Language policy in EYL
Aims & value:
The aims & value of language policy can be categorized as
follow:
Aims:
proficiency in English, children’s general social, cognitive,
intercultural, literacy, numerical, aesthetic development.
Values:
citizenship, national identity, international outlook,
humanitarian, environmental, entrepreneurial.
Teachers as agents of policy
distortion/enhancement
• Distortion of curriculum is a retrograde process (implying that
teachers need training in how not to distort the new policy)
• The other that the distortion can add strength (by drawing on
teachers’ situated craft skills)