Raising the students’ intercultural competence in literature classes: toward the ASEAN Economic Community

Munif, Munif and Huda, Miftahul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0196-9262 (2015) Raising the students’ intercultural competence in literature classes: toward the ASEAN Economic Community. Presented at 2nd Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER), 12 Sep 2015, Malang.

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Abstract

The agreement among leaders of South East Asia nations upon the official application of AEC has outlined the importance of every citizen in the region to encompass the capacity of cross-cultural communication and interaction with individuals from different nationalities because of the wider economic ranges, markets, and alliances. Thus, the ability to act and communicate appropriately in multicultural contexts is such an absolute necessity for any student that teachers should accommodate it in instructional activities. Literature class, which is considered as playing a significant role in preparing the students’ communicative and interpretative skills, should be directed beyond language and literature proficiency; it should be projected to further raise the students’ intercultural literacy, i.e., understandings, competencies, attitudes, proficiencies, and identities necessary for successful cross-cultural engagement (Heyward, 2002). To be able to effectively participate in multicultural AEC, Indonesian students should be trained in Literature class which involves rich cultural diversity through the meaning-negotiation method. The teaching literature should adopt eclectic pedagogical approaches as offered by the socio-constructivist theory rather than attempting to study the texts in isolation so that the students’ intercultural awareness is possible to rise and – in turn – their preparation for AEC is likely to foster.

Item Type:	Conference (Paper)
Keywords:	intercultural competence; literature; AEC
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130204 English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) 13 EDUCATION > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management) 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Miftahul Huda
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2023 10:07

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