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PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS??? MENGAPA BUKAN SASTRA???



Saya ini adalah mahasiswa di Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), saya mengambil jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris. Banyak orang mengambil jurusan FKIP Bahasa Inggris karena ingin fokus pada bahasanya atau bahasa Inggris itu sendiri. Padahal kalau kita mau lebih teliti lagi dalam melihat jurusan yang kita ambil,
FKIP Bahasa Inggris hanya fokus segelintir pada kajian bahasa tetapi lebih banyak mempelajari pada pengajaran bahasa dimana mahasiswa/i FKIP Bahasa Inggris tersebut dipersiapkan dengan matang untuk memasuki dunia kerja menjadi guru nantinya setelah mereka selesai menempuh pendidikan minimal strata 1.

Mengapa memilih FKIP Bahasa Inggris? kenapa bukan sastra saja? kenapa harus pendidikan?
 
Pendidikan maupun sastra memang beda, tapi kedua jurusan ini menyediakan pembelajaran khusus mengenai bahasa namun berbeda pada tingkat pendalamannya dan bergantung pada minat kita. Kalau kita peduli pada dunia pendidikan, maka tidak ada salahnya kita mengambil jurusan ini. Selain itu, kita tidak hanya diajarkan mengenai pendidikan akan tetapi juga diajarkan kompetensi tambahan untuk bekerja dalam bidang lain (selain keguruan) yang masih berkaitan erat dengan penggunaan bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa internasional misalnya weekly discuss, drama, debatting,dll.

Bahasa Inggris adalah bahasa internasional dimana dunia perdagangan (E-commerce) dan teknologi (iptek) telah sangat dikuasai oleh bahasa ini. Maka, sebagai lulusan yang mampu berdaya saing tinggi, ber-IMTAQ, beretos kerja tinggi dan mampu bersaing di tingkat nasional maupun internasional, jurusan inilah jawabannya.
Banyak sekarang dibutuhkan guru-guru bahasa inggris yang kreatif dan berdedikasi didunia pendidikan di sekolah-sekolah nasional plus swasta yang sedang menjamur, mereka biasanya memiliki standart kesejahteraan guru yang tinggi. Mereka juga merupakan sekolah yang sedang mencari bentuk, sehingga peran kita sangat besar jika dapat memberi kontribusi terhadap pencarian bentuk kurikulum pendidikan mereka.

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