OPTIMISM, CHANCE, OBSTACLE, AND EFFORT TO INTERNALIZE INDONESIAN AS ASEAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

Indonesia is categorized as a potential country located at very strategic area and also one of South East country. Indonesia is either as a rich country with its natural resources so that it becomes an esential country in many terms, such as economy, education, culture, trade, and political being talked by many countries in the world especially ASEAN. ASEAN is a geopolitics and economy of South East Asia countries having commitment represented in the implementation of Masyarakat Ekonomi Asean/Asean Economical Society (MEA) aims to develop and achieve the prosperity by one Vision, One Identity, One Commitment. This condition actually affects to many terms, one of them is encouraging the free trade forming where the society from other countries are freely conducting trade in Indonesia. As the result, it possibly enrichs the trade flow and investation around ASEAN. Related to this term, many topics to be focused on by Indonesia are not only in economic field but also political. However, there is national language Bahasa Indonesia. Bahasa Indonesia provides golden chance actually in MEA era. Bahasa Indonesia projects the opportunity to be ASEAN language even will be approved by world by then. In this term, Indonesian optimism has been projected since long time and getting up recently. Language is identity, language also shows a nation. In other words, a country has its own language and language used shows a nation of a country.

Key words: Optimism, Chance, Obstacle, Effort, Internationalizing, Bahasa Indonesia