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An Analysis of English Language Teaching Department Students’
Perspective toward English
Ruth Alvina Widodo

Abstract
There are many kinds of perspectives toward English around the world, for example, English
as foreign language, lingua franca, global language, etc,withtheir own characteristics. In
Indonesia,there are possibly some perspectives as well. This descriptive quantitative research
investigates on which perspectives are applicable in Indonesia based on English Language
Teaching Department (ELTD) students’ point of view. Questionnaires were distributed to 100
ELTD students.The questionnaires were about some statements toward English among ELTD
students.The students need to answer it by choosing number 1-5 that indicated strongly
disagree to strongly agree. As the result, the researcher found that ELTD students have 3
perspectives toward English. Based on the rank, the participants regarded English as global
language first, English as an additional language second, and English as a foreign language
third.
Key words : English perspectives, global language, additional language, foreign language.