Bringing students’ home and foreign culture into language classroom: unveiling Indonesian EFL teachers’ belief and practices

Fitriyah, Ulil (2020) Bringing students’ home and foreign culture into language classroom: unveiling Indonesian EFL teachers’ belief and practices. JEASP (Journal of English for Academic and Specific Purposes, 3 (1). pp. 20-32. ISSN 2622-2957

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Abstract

In the 21st century teaching, the function of English language classroom is not limited merely to preparing students to be able to communicate with native English language users. But, it is widely to prepare them to be successfully engaged with a global milieu in intercultural settings. However, this situation remains challenging for EFL teachers worldwide. It was evidenced by many scholars that teachers’ positive perception toward interculturality in language teaching did not concurrently lead to the practice of language pedagogy in the classroom. This paper attempts to explore how Islamic Indonesian teachers perceive intercultural competence in the language classroom as well as how it is reflected in their teaching practices. By using electronic questionnaire, data were collected from 20 lecturers teaching Intensive English Course offered in the first semester of new college students majoring English. The results of the study indicated a strong positive belief toward intercultural competence, yet it is not congruent in its pedagogical activity in the classroom. Following this, further research possibility is also discussed in last section of this paper.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	intercultural competence; teachers’ belief and Practice; EFL classroom
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200209 Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200302 English Language 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200303 English as a Second Language
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Ulil Fitriyah
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2022 14:28

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