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INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Abstract
The effective teaching of the English language is regarded as an essential element in the creation of a
culturally vibrant, economically sound and socially stable ASEAN community. The ASEAN region
is populated by a culturally diverse collection of peoples with very different and complex linguistic
histories, some of which included a strong English component. This paper examines the opinions and
understandings of teachers of English in eight of the ten ASEAN nations. It arose out of a research
study of English teaching in ASEAN being conducted jointly by Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
and CfBT Brunei. Although the teachers differed in their levels of competence in English and in their
experience of local, national and international culture, they shared a remarkably similar story in
attempting to provide the best instruction they possibly could to their students. As non-native
speakers of English, they shared the responsibility of representing not only the English language but
also the culture of first language English speakers to their non-native speaking students. The conflicts
and tensions of their roles were identified and examined. The study concluded that teachers need
support in their intercultural role as well as in their pedagogical responsibilities. Teachers reported
that their students had little knowledge or appreciation of the ASEAN community or of the
importance of their own capacity to speak English in it.
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