Writing for Academic

At the second time my teacher Pak Made gave us writing for academic exercise. We don't have to finish it at class and he gave us five days to write it down by our own ideas before we have to submitted on this Thursday. I admitted it's not easy because I used to write not for academic version. This is my first written of academic writing. However this task dare me to write and read more than I did before. I post my first draft here, next week Pak made will give my first draft with all the corrections. Good luck! ^_^

Do Language Help Mould the Way We Think

By: Mei Aulia

Language is media without boundaries (Wahyu Widhiarso, 2005). Language used by people in all life, education or work. Without language nothing could be done. Gorys Keraf (1997:1) said that language is the sound symbol that resulted from mouth. In addition language became the essential way to communicate with different people. For examples the teacher or lecture to give a lesson at class, the Boss that give some order to the workers or maybe the trader proffer commodity crucially need language for communication.

Language is also one of tools to express feels and thoughts. It indeed can help mould the way of thinking. Language used to the first thing that comes from the mind. In every single word’s language has been used for general purpose; to switch some information. Good language can facilitate someone to know person in socialize because can be part to create personalities as well. Language is also evidence of self and nation identification.   

In Indonesia, language was more about cultures. Bahasa Indonesia and vernacular used by local largely. Every culture in Indonesia has different language, custom, and habitude that shape different of thinking. And thoughts more shaped by our native language and native environment. Through a lot of researches and experiments that have done, language can affect the way of thinking. People who have lived in Jakarta definitely had different thoughts as a person who has grown up in Bali. However speaking in the same language does not mean thinking in the same way. Professor, lecture, trader, artist, politician or even the comedian definitely has different thought even if using the same native language. It’s because they have the background differs; utilize the same language yet at different communication of profession.

English language regarded as modern language that had spoken by current people. The application of English language shows a current class of social levels in Indonesia. Moreover from the evolution of reasoning create English language as modern reflection. The experience of English language as native language for everyone is different. Native language might be spoken by people that have their first language as a mother tongue.

As a personal experience, Bahasa is the main language even though English also has been taught. Particularly English taught as native language from kindergarten or the first grade of elementary school. Some private school often taught English and made for the main of daily language. From this wide dissemination of English it is sometimes eroded effect on local language.