摘要：After the implementation of the 2013 national curriculum which excludes English
from the primary school, many primary schools in Indonesia keep offering English to the
students despite the uncertainty of the status of English for the primary school. However,
the state of the practice of English currently in primary schools is barely unknown. This
study is an attempt to portray the teachers that strive to teach English in the primary
schools in one of the regencies that are still implementing English education. This survey
study involved 44 randomly selected Primary English teachers (PETs) in the regency. The
research instrument was a set of online (google format) and offline questionnaires.
Results show that the majority of the teachers have English teaching qualification,
however only very few ever attended pre-service or in-service training for teachers of
young learners. The teachers also deal with employment uncertainty as primary English
has no formal legal government policy. The findings bring about the issue of gaps and
opportunities for professional developments of PETs and inequality in professional
supports for PETs.
关键词：English for young learners (EYL); primary English; primary English teacher
(PET)
