Writing 3 - Assignment 1

Topic: American Culture Influences on Indonesian Modern Culture

Topic sentence:
1. American culture has made many contributions to Indonesian culture, particularly in areas of language, food, and fashion.
2. American culture has positive and negative influence on Indonesian modern culture.
3. The ideal Indonesian Modern culture would not leave or reduce the originality of Indonesian identity.

The Essay: Paragraph 1

American Culture Influences on Modern Indonesian Culture

The development of technology has brought American culture as the most popular culture all over the world. There are many American movies; musics are played in many countries including Indonesia. These days, the influence of this popular culture is getting bigger and bigger. As a result, American culture has made many contributions to Indonesian culture, particularly in areas of language, food, and fashion. First of all, English as the main language of American countries and also as the international language becomes one of the most spoken languages especially for international schools, companies in Indonesia. For example: one of the most common requirements to get a job is being able to speak English. It shows the importance of English in Indonesian business communication. English is not as a foreign language anymore because it is used in daily conversation also in Indonesian International School. Another influence of American culture is in food area. It can be seen from many Indonesian prefer eating fast food to Indonesian food when they go to a mall. Pizza Hut, Mc Donald, and KFC are the most favorite fast food chains in Indonesia. Eating fast food is more like a life style nowadays. In addition to language and food, fashion is another area which American culture has a great influence for Indonesian fashion. For example: wearing jeans is so American and it becomes something very usual right now. Beside that many Indonesians, especially teenagers, always follow the latest trend for fashion (clothes and accessories) by buying the latest design of American brands like: Lee Copper, Levis, etc. Although they have to spend a lot of money, they prefer to buy American brand to local brand. Some people see fashion is not only as clothes or something to cover our body but it also shows our identity and prestige. In conclusion, we can easily see from these few examples the extent of American culture influences on Indonesian modern culture on language, eating habit, and fashion style. American culture has a big contribution to the development of Indonesian modern culture.