Students' Perception on the Indonesianization of College Slogans as an Effort to Dignify the Indonesian Language

This study investigates the students’ perception on the indonesianization of college slogans as an effort to dignify the Indonesian Language. This study is aimed to (1) identify the language used in college slogans; (2) describe students’ perception on college slogans written in foreignlanguages, (3) formulate the equal translation of the foreign language slogans,and (4) describe students’ acceptance on the translation of foreign language slogans. This study shows that 1) seven slogans are written in the Indonesian language, 11 slogans are written in foreign languages, and 2 slogans are written in local languages; 2) 53% of college students chooseslogans written in foreign language as their college slogans. Choosing foreign language slogans means that the students are fairly loyal, proud, and aware of the language norms; 3) 47% of studentschooseto translateforeign language slogans into Indonesian language and 53% of students prefer to use foreign language slogans and they also think that translating foreign language slogans into the Indonesian language is not necessary. This situationindicates that the students are fairly loyal, proud, and aware of the language norms.