Last modified: 2021-09-17
Abstract
A comparative study of two different educational systems promises a couple of benefits. It can help us understand our own past, locate ourselves more exactly in the present, and discern a little more clearly what our educational future may be. This preliminary study sets to investigate how the two countries, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, have produced foreign language policies as evident from the state-mandated curriculum. Early findings suggest that both countries share commonalities, especially in terms of policy initiatives that were full of contradictions and ambiguities. In particular, both seem to remain unsure of what early English education would give to the young generation. Further inquiries related to how policy frameworks came to fruition in the forms of English textbooks are needed.
Affiliation: Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta
Email: nura.siddik@gmail.com and markbudi@usd.ac.id
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