MULTILINGUALISM ON THE SCREEN: A TRIADIC INTERPLAY OF LANGUAGE RESOURCES

E. Sunarto

MULTILINGUALISM ON THE SCREEN: A TRIADIC INTERPLAY OF LANGUAGE RESOURCES

E. Sunarto

Abstract

In the Indonesian context of language learning, at least three languages are dealt with, namely local languages or verna-culars, Indonesian, and at least one foreign language, prin-cipally English. In this multilingual context of language policy, the article is addressed to the issue of how, in such a context, language learning is enhanced in a complementary and mutual fashion. A triadic model incorporating three (meta) languages is exercised, and, by the help and use of the internet and ICT, mutual and complementary recourse to the three languages: vernaculars, Indonesian, and English is encouraged, not only for the sake and success of language learning per se, but also for the benefits of maintaining vernalucars, building stronger (linguistic) nationalism, and mastering the English language.

Keywords

multilingual context, triadic interplay, mutual complementary recourse

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