Articles in Vol. 9, No. 1 January 2009
ENGLISH EDU
Journal of Language Teaching and Research
The Effect of Picture Drawing and Picture
Com-parisons in The Negotiation Process of NNS-NNS
Interactions
Anita Susan & Victoria Usadya Palupi
Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional (International Quality
School) Empowering or Disempowering ?
A Postcolonialism Approach
Lany Kristono
Raising Students Awareness of Research Article
Krismiyati
Christian Discoursing Across Tellings of The Same
Story: A Case in EFL Pre-service Teacher s
Narra-tives
Joseph Ernest Mambu
Fathoming Cultural Aspects in Writing About Eng
lish Language Movies for ESL Learners
Andrew Thren
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20 - 31
32 - 44
45 - 64
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SEKOLAH BERTARAF INTERNASIONAL
(INTERNATIONAL QUALITY SCHOOL)
EMPOWERING OR DISEMPOWERING ?
A POSTCOLONIALISM APPROACH
1Lany Kristono
Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga
email: lan.kristono@gmail.com
1 This paper was presented in the First Graduate Student International Confer-ence on Reconsidering Contemporary Indonesia at Gajah Mada University, Yogyakarta, on December 1-2, 2009.
Abstract
Designed as a response to the effects of globalization on education in Indonesia, Sekolah Bertaraf Internasional (SBI-International Quality School) is aimed at empower-ing students in tight global competition. It has been enthu-siastically welcomed, particularly by parents, despite criti-cism on the use of English as the teaching-learning me-dium of particular subjects. As globalization is commonly considered another form of colonialization, it should carry similar characteristics to colonialism which Third World countries like Indonesia are familiar with. Taking the nation s experience as a colonized country into account, this paper will utilize postcolonialism in examining SBI to find out if it can really empower learners in global com-petition. This analysis reveals that SBI is a product of globalization as well as a reflection of neocolonialism.
