E. Sunarto
ELS/ELESP Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta

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MULTILINGUALISM ON THE SCREEN: A TRIADIC INTERPLAY OF LANGUAGE RESOURCES E. Sunarto
Proceedings of ISELT FBS Universitas Negeri Padang Vol 4, No 1 (2016): Proceedings of the 4th International Seminar on English Language & Teaching (ISE
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Padang

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In the Indonesian context of language learning, at least three languages are dealt with, namely local languages or verna-culars, Indonesian, and at least one foreign language, prin-cipally English. In this multilingual context of language policy, the article is addressed to the issue of how, in such a context, language learning is enhanced in a complementary and mutual fashion. A triadic model incorporating three (meta) languages is exercised, and, by the help and use of the internet and ICT, mutual and complementary recourse to the three languages: vernaculars, Indonesian, and English is encouraged, not only for the sake and success of language learning per se, but also for the benefits of maintaining vernalucars, building stronger (linguistic) nationalism, and mastering the English language.