SECOND LANGUAGE

A latest day ago, there is news about a young woman who suicide in her apartment. Her apartment located in south Jakarta. Some witness said that she has a stress at couple of days before the accident. That young woman’s name is Tanya. She is 19 years old. Her biggest dream is to become a flight attendant for International aviator company. That is proof by so many applicant letters that she has in her apartment. She has ever been followed 12 recruitment in different aviator companies. She always get failed because of one reason, Language skill.

There are many countries that have their own language except English. Most of them are a countries at outside Europe continent. One of that countries is Indonesia. Indonesia is a country with more than 30 ethnics and culture. There are many languages and accent in Indonesia beside their national language. Indonesia has Bahasa as their national language. But for some societies who lived near of the capital, Bahasa itself is like their second language.

Most people in Indonesia know about importance of English as an International language. From Elementary school, English becomes a principal lesson in almost schools in Indonesia. There are many schools that are application a bilingual curriculum. For another people who do not get enough education, they are using any method to learn that English. Taking an English course in their free time is one of that way. Moreover, for some people who want to learn about English language intensively, Indonesia has an English village. English village is located at Kediri, East Java, Java island. There are so many English courses at that city, they usually offer an English camp too, so the students can practice their English skill directly. With the supporting environment, learning English as their second language is not hard to do.

The big problem to learn a second language is environment. In English second language country, there are some societies consider that people who speak English in daily activity is arrogant people. Meanwhile, the fastest way to improve a language skill is to practice everyday. The other problem is how to omit their original accent. A difference accent makes their find a difficulties to pronounce some words in other language.

However, a lot of manners to communicate with the others. But formal language still be the most importance language to communicate with the others. English as an international language has a function to unite peoples from around the world. So, people that born at a country with the other languages as their native language has learn about English language if they want to communicate with people from the other countries.