Ni Wayan Surya Mahayanti, Suwarsih Madya
Language policy is very vital to be constructed and reconstructed to regulate language use in a country. The issue of language policy in multilingual countries has been a never-ending issue since many complex aspects need to be taken into a part. A descriptive qualitative study was the design of this study with document collection as the methods in collecting data. Finding out the language policy documents as well as the curricula as the basis of language education have been completed. From the analysis, it was found that there are changes in the use of three languages in Indonesia, local, official, and foreign language. To overcome those problems, recreating the language policy is a vital decision to be considered. The reconstruction cannot be on the political aspect as what has been done so far, but ideological consideration is also needed. © 2020 Asian E F L Journal Press. All rights reserved.
Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Bali, Indonesia
