LEARNER CENTERED CURRICULUM IN THE EFL CLASSROOM IN INDONESIA

Authors

  • Weda Sukardi State University of Makassar, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24256/ideas.v2i1.131

Keywords:

Keywords, Learner centered curriculum, EFL, Indonesia.

Abstract

Learner Centered Curriculum in the teaching of English in the classroom setting needs attention from educational practitioners, especially teachers of English. This is because; good curriculum hopefully will give beneficial contribution to the quality of teaching of English in Indonesia which is assumed today very low. This paper discusses a variety of issues deal with curriculum. Those issues are identification of curriculum problem, curriculum design, characteristics of ideal curriculum, curriculum development in Indonesia, and learner centered curriculum.

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*) Sukardi Weda menyelesaikan pendidikan S1 Sastra Inggris di Fakultas Sastra Universitas Hasanuddin pada tahun 1993, S2 (English Language Studies) di PPS-Unhas pada tahun 1998, S2 Manajemen Pendidikan di PPS-UNM pada tahun 2003, S2 Sosiologi: Manajemen Pembangunan Sosial tahun 2006 pada Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Universitas Indonesia, S2 MM (Manajemen Stratejik) di Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Unhas. Menyelesaikan S2 Dakwah dan Komunikasi di UIN Alauddin Makassar, 2014. Menyelesaikan S3 Linguistik (English Language Studies) di PPS-Unhas pada tahun 2005. Kini mengajar di FBS dan PPS UNM, PPS-UNM dan sebagai salah seorang komisioner KPID Sulawesi Selatan, Periode 2011 – 2014 dan Periode 2014 – 2017. Ia juga aktif menulis artikel ilmiah dan populer di sejumlah jurnal dan koran, serta berpartisipasi aktif dalam kegiatan ilmiah (seminar, konferensi, lokakarya, dll), baik nasional maupun internasional dalam bidang Linguistik/bahasa Inggris, Pendidikan, dan isu-isu sosial (Sosiologi). Ia mengikuti Intensive English Course di SILC University of Arkansas, USA, tahun 2005-2006. Mengikuti English for Academic Purposes di PPB-UI tahun 2004, dan mengikuti Domestic Non Degree Training in Literature di Fakultas Ilmu Budaya UGM tahun 2009.

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2014-08-23

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature

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