Nurul Husna 2022. An Analysis of School Policy on The Implementation of English
Learning in Elementary School. Thesis. English Education Department, Faculty of
Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, Antasari State Islamic University. Advisors: (I) Afifah
Linda Sari, SS, M.Pd, (II) Fajrianor, M.Pd.
Keywords: Elementary school, Perception, School Policy
In this era of globalization, English has an important role to participate in. This
study aims to determine the school’s perception of government policies regarding the
implementation of English language education in elementary schools, as well as the
advantages and disadvantages of government policies.
This study applies a qualitative descriptive research. The data collection
technique is by interview. There are four forms of data analysis in this qualitative
research, namely data collection, data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion.
This study found that six participants had the same perception that they
disagreed with the policy of not making English a compulsory subject. Because
according to them English is important to be introduced to students in this globalization
era. For the advantages of government policy, schools that apply English will have a
positive value so that students know English from the first grade. However, the
drawback is that there are no media books or special learning guides provided by the
government. So that English teachers find it difficult to provide material in class