Presidential inaugural speeches in English and in Bahasa Indonesia: A comparative text analysis

• Main Author: Padji, Simon Sira
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1994
• Subjects: English language > Comparison; Comparative linguistics; Indonesian language; Comparison (Grammar); Semantics, Comparative; Discourse analysis; Language and languages > Word frequency; English Language and Literature
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1143
• Institution: De La Salle University

The ultimate aim of teaching and learning English in Indonesian schools is reading for comprehension. After six years of learning English, high school graduates are expected to be able to read English textbooks upon enrollment in colleges and universities. The facts, however show that high school gr...