Ten Reasons Why We Blog in English
Posted on August 19, 2007
Filed Under Blogger Indonesia, Fatih Syuhud
1. My English writing skill is not good. I’d like to improve it by writing regularly in a medium where editorial barrier is non-existent.
2. English is undoubtedly understood –though not necessarily spoken or written–by many, if not by most, influential people in the world. Hence larger audience, more visibility and influence of some sort.
3. Most internet-literate Indonesians understand English. Using English in my blog, therefore, does not hinder Indonesian readers to appreciate what I’d intend to convey to them, my primary audience.
4. Indonesian voices very much under-represented in the outside world simply because hardly any books, academic publication and conventional media are written in English. Indonesia — a country with more than 200 million population– has only one English newspaper, the Jakarta Post, and none of existing Indonesian magazines are in English. And hardly any best seller Indonesian books written by prominent intellectuals are written in or translated into English.
5. Among 10 percent of Indonesian internet users, only about 0.4 percent of them are blogging which means if you blog in Bahasa Indonesia you have to be satisfied with that of 0.4 percent readers who does not necessarily read your blog. Less potential readers will lead to less blogging courages.
6. It gives non-Indonesian a chance to know you and Indonesia: the mindset, culture, faith, etc. And it gives you more chance to interact with them. Hence, more understanding of multi-polar world and broaden your vista and horizon of thinking.
7. Depending on your blogging influence, but at the least it’ll give you more self-esteem by making more friends from various cultures accross the continents.
8. There are many people outthere with good intention to make an interfaith and intercultural dialogue; every now and then they need a person from particular country, say Indonesia, to talk to. Let them know that you are the person they want.
9. If your blog content is good, the possibility of being published and then reviewed by prominent international book reviewer is not far away.
10. Blogging in English, like blogging in any other languages including Bahasa Indonesia, is basically history in the making. The difference is by blogging in English you are making history in front of many faces and backgrounds from many countries and therefore it adds more to your credibility.
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The Jakarta Post is the only English newspaper in Indo? Umm… Halooo! I don’t think you’re aware of the publication of another English paper: The Post (if I ain’t wrong, I forgot the exact name).
Pay a visit to Gramedia once in a while and you’ll see that paper in the news stand.
@Toshihiko: you’re missing an important & substantive point. 1, 2, or even 3 is not important. it’s still outrepresent the 200-odd million people of indonesia –> this is the main thing.
Hi,
I just found the blog:
Berbanggalah dengan berbahasa Indonesia,
karena bahasa mencerminkan bangsa…
Aku dulu pernah sedih juga malah,
pas ikutan forum berbahasa Inggris,
dimana ada thread tentang posting website/blog pribadi.
Eh, pas aku nunjukin blog aku (yang lama)..
mereka komennya aneh…. “Bahasa apakah itu?”
wah.. rupanya sedikitpun kata-kata bahasa Indonesia tidak ada yang mereka kenal…
Mungkin ada baiknya kalo di kombinasi dengan bahasa indonesia juga mas.
SALAM
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Dear Fatih ..
I can’t speak English fluently. So I want to follow your way to improve my skill in writing English. Let me to write again your writing in my blog. Thanks.
It’s really inspiring reason. I was challenged to the upside-right note in this blog. sometime we feel uncomfortable to express our idea in English because so many consideration of something. Thanks for inspiring.
Makmum aja sama Cak Fatih…:-D
Eh,boso Jowonya, I totally agree lah with Cak Fatih
Dan buat @namakamu;Ya bikin aja dua blog, okeh Bos? Yg satu Endonesa satunya buat iseng pake boso manca, adil kan..:-D
I`m proud with my nationality language but with english we can develop our country with more proud.
Even we love indonesian language but its important to learn english for knowing the world and use your knowledge for Indonesian Development.
Here it is, why in English, said Mr Fatih Syuhud http://www.fatihsyuhud.com/
taken from http://fatihsyuhud.com/2007/08/19/ten-reasons-why-we-blog-in-english/
Regards,
Gading (http://gadingblogs.blogspot.com)
your english is very good, cara km mengutarakan pendapat adalah persis dan konsisten, teruskan semangat tuk menguasai dgn lebih mendalam dan PeDe always!
I’m never confident use my english. But nekat ajahh…I’m blogging in english now. Learning by doing is one of many ways to make my english better. I believe, others will understand me with my ‘belepotan’ language.
im wondering when english language is gonna be daily language in Indonesia … jangan mau kalah sama malay dunk
english is not the most language used for blogging, japanesse is the most. so why dont make indonesian more popular. many australian people understand indonesian.
but the choices is up to blogger, maybe they want to improve their foreign language. not bad
#english mostly spoken and/or understood by people worldwide. not necessarily used for blogging. blogging is only one form of writing expression; and only one form of internet world.
i am very very very agree with you, Cak Fatih. English is one of international language also one of net-language. And to get many on net -in some case- we must write our blogs/webs in English. so, pancen perlu!!
i also try to write blog in but it’s seem hard to create posts. leak of inspiration? may be yes.
anyway, you’re right Cak Fatih.
Assalam. Mas Fatih. I wanna register to part of English Blogger. Would You please help me??
#there’s no such registration to blog in English. however, if you insist, you can put your blog address and intro about it in comment box here -> http://fatihsyuhud.com/top-blogger-indonesia-of-week/
Yup… I agree that’s why we have to make our blog in english, so the others from another country can read our blog, jadi setidaknya orang2 diluar sana knows that’s Indonesian people jg bisa ngeblog
sorry, aku jg belom bisa ngomong pake inggris… dan aku jg termotivasi untuk mengtranslate blog. yah… walou bahasa inggrisku sudah amburadul, coz I never use it for along time….
Dan hal itu tetap tidak mengurangi kebanggaan kita sebagai bangsa Indonesia, tapi justeru menambah kebanggaan kita sebagai bangsa Indonesia yang dikenal di luar sana, ya kan mas??
Tapi bahasa arabnya juga musti mas… kan Lughotul ‘arabiyyah lughotul jannah, shoh?
Setuju banget…walaupun cuma bisa yes or no…tapi sebisa mungkin english blog lah…
that’s what i wanna do, tapi akhirnya malas posting… but I’ll try again… inspired…
This post is good and useful because it can open up our mind.
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1. My English writing skill is not good. I’d like to improve it by writing regularly in a medium where editorial barrier is non-existent.
I really agree to this point. Writing in English in a regular basis may improve my ability. So, that’s why I just started my english blog.
mas … syuhud, kawit kapan panjenengan miwiti nyerat wonten ing BLOG ….., Blog panjengan jumlahipun pinten??? Kangge “promosi” blog panjengan ..punapa mawi iklan ing “adword” .. ??? Sak puniko panjengan lenggahipun wonten pundi ???
#saya tidak pernah pake adwords.
izin buat copy tulisannya dan di masukin ke web blog saya.
karena saya mau mencoba menigkatkan penulisa bahasa inggris.
trims