Friday, March 31, 2017

INTRODUCING CULTURE: ARE ENGLISH TEACHERS AWARE OF AND PRACTICE IT IN THEIR TEACHING?



by
I.G.A. Lokita Purnamika Utami
Ali saukah
Bambang Yudi Cahyono
Sri Rachmajantie
English Education Department, Postgraduate program,
Malang State University, Indonesia

Abstract:
Students of EFL are exposed limitedly to English language as well as its culture. Although, in borderless world ‘culture’ could be learned almost anywhere, not limited in the classroom, students’ awareness towards it should be enhanced. This abstract reported the analysis of observation on 6 English teachers’ teaching performance regarding their effort in providing students with effective English teaching (EET). One of the aspects of EET is introducing target language culture in the classroom. The observation revealed that all teachers agreed that introducing the culture of target language is inevitably important. However, only one out of 6 teachers performed a real practice of his awareness of introducing culture in his classes. His introducing culture were inclined to involving or bringing a native speaker of English in his classes. His genuine efforts is a reflection of his awareness of the importance of introducing culture of the foreign language the students trying to learn. 

Keywords: Effective English Teaching, culture, EFL

Get full paper here: Lokita's full paper

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