Indonesian EFL Teachers’ Perspectives on Students’ Multilingualism Ability in ELT Classrooms: A Problem or a Resource for Learning?
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Abstract: Discourse of multilingualism in today’s transcultural era, consist of relying on multilingualism. It is significant in order truly understanding how the multilingual used in the study. The study aims to investigate whether Indonesian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers believe and use multilingual abilities In EFL settings. Data were collected through questionnaires with 64 participants and 3 selected teachers for interview and observation. It was analysed using qualitative thematic analysis. The findings of this study indicate that most of the teachers perceive multilingual languages in EFL classrooms as positively. This approach helps students grasp the material better, enhances their skills, and improves literacy. In the learning practice, the teacher employs a multilingual strategy, utilizing indigenous languages, Indonesian, and English to facilitate explanations and assignments during the instructional process. The multilingual abilities from the student can be utilized to help the learning as the teacher highlighted multilingualism as resources of the learning not as problem. Based on the findings, the study implied that teachers should provide strategies in order to fully understood the way in used multilingual abilities from students.
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