ABSTRACT
Bilingualism is not a rare phenomenon that occurs in this world. Countless people globally understand and speak more than two languages daily. Moreover, of the numerous languages that coexist in this world, the English language usage by a bilingual is also not insinuated to be a rare phenomenon as English is an international language. Thus, this paper intends to study ordinary people's perspectives on the English language in a specific region of Indonesia named Sidoarjo city, where its citizens are also aware of the bilingualism phenomenon. The researcher has successfully achieved 52 respondents, including the interviewees, by employing an online questionnaire around Sidoarjo city. The researcher sets the purpose of this study to examine people's perceptions, the reasons people have varied perceptions of a particular language, and why some citizens apply the English language as a daily language. A qualitative approach is implemented in this paper. In addition, the data was collected through questionnaires and interviews with some respondents who lived in Sidoarjo. The data was compiled by examining their similitude in answering the questions by utilizing their cognition of the bilingualism phenomenon. The study's findings show that some people did not believe English is considered a superior language used in this region. They suspect that foreign languages are evolving quickly; thereupon, English users are not rare or implied to have specific intelligence. Thus, the study closure stated that more than half of the respondents typically think of the English language.
