scholarly journals Local Wisdom-based EFL Teaching: Internalizing the Values of Local Culture to Millennial Learners

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Alfaruq A Hasyim
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
English Department ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
The Third ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
Descriptive Writing

Millennial learners have dynamics ways of thinking. Moreover, they also think and solve problems faster than the previous generation. It is because; these learners live in the era of industrial 4.0 where informatics technology spreads in all aspects of human life. Therefore, these characteristics lead the millennial learners to seem perfect. Millennial learners can learn many skills for their future life easily through their gadgets. One of the skills that should be mastered by the millennial is English. However, the goal of teaching and learning English is not only improving linguistics competence but also building the good character of the learners. Therefore, this research aims at guiding them to learn the target language. On the other hand, this research also aims to assist them in always remaining their local wisdom, build their local wisdom based character, and promotes their local culture globally. It is applied by internalizing the local cultural values to the learners in EFL teaching. This research is descriptive qualitative that describing the process of internalizing the local culture in the process of EFL teaching especially descriptive writing. This research was conducted in the third semester of the English department in UIN Raden Intan Lampung. In conducting the teaching and learning process the lecturers choose authentic materials that deal with the local culture of Lampung. Then, the students find the values of the culture and describe the values in terms of descriptive writing.

Cultural Problems in Teaching and Learning of English as a Foreign Language in Tunisia

2017 ◽  
pp. 257-274
Author(s):  
Aicha Rahal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Integration Of Technology

Culture now becomes a key element in most educational systems, particularly in Higher education, where cultural Studies are an essential part of most language instruction. The aim of this chapter is to explore the cultural challenges that hinder the process of learning English in Tunisia and to suggest solutions for overcoming these. A questionnaire was used as the primary data collection material. It was found that lack of authentic materials, lack of cultural knowledge of the target language, poor textbooks, limited exposure to authentic culture environment and native culture interference are considered to be the main problems. The results also showed that these challenges can be remedied by using more authentic materials, revising the content of textbooks, the integration of technology and cultural awareness.

scholarly journals Padlet as Media to Improve Writing Mastery of English Department Students of Uniska 2015-2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pritantina Yuni Lestari ◽  
Erwin Hari Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
English Department ◽  
Check List ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
Minimum Score ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
First Time ◽  
Descriptive Writing

Multimedia has been spread out and used by many students in their live, but it is rarely to use multimedia as one of media used in teaching learning process. The objective of this study is to know whether the use of Padlet as media can improve students’ descriptive writing mastery of students of English Department of Uniska in the third semester. The research design used is Classroom Action Research consisting of two cycles. Each cycles consisted of three opportunities for students to have interaction using Padlet. The cycle consisted of planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. The instruments used in this research were observation check list and writing test using Padlet. Padlet was introduced from the first time of teaching learning process in the class and the following interactions were using Padlet without having direct interaction in the classroom. The first cycle was not successful because of the students got difficulty in managing time in accessing Padlet and some errors in their grammatical used. Then in the second cycle, the result showed that 18 from 20 students passed the minimum score and all students did all assignment using Padlet. From the result, it can be concluded that the implementation Padlet as media can improve students’ writing mastery. Keywords: Padlet, writing mastery, descriptive writing

scholarly journals Investigating the Students’ Views on the Authentic Materials Used in Basic Speaking Class

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Fatmaning Hartatik ◽  
Tities Hijratur Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
English Department ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Student Views ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
English Culture

This current study was intended to investigate the student point of views on the use of authentic materials (AMs) used in the process of teaching and learning speaking at the first semester in English Department, IKIP Budi Utomo Malang. A descriptive qualitative was employed to portray the intended data. The data were revealed from 22 students experiencing learning speaking by using authentic materials (AMs). To help the researcher, as the key instrument, to obtain the data, the researcher used an interview guide. To make the data display clear, the findings were classified into three classes; they were students’ views on the use of videos, student’ views on dialogues used in Basic Speaking, and students’s point of views on the pictures used as Ams. In general, the interview results showed that AMs were basically interesting, motivating, providing information on how the language used and how English culture is, raising students’ feeling of confidence. In term of the comprehensibility of the materials, however, only a few students stated that the presented materials were understandable; while the others thought that they could not understand the AMs because the spoken communication made by native speakers was too fast. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the teaching material presented in the Basic Speaking class viewed in positive manners by the students. Some students, however, found that the materials, especially conversation made by native speakers, were seen incomprehensible as the models in the video spoke too fast and used long sentences. This informed the teachers that even though AMs were found to be beneficial, AMs should be carefully selected; by so doing, it is expected that the AMs will opt to the students’ level. 

scholarly journals Integrasi Paham Agama: Membangun Kesamaan untuk Menegasikan Perbedaan Telaah Serat Sastra Gending

FIKRAH ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irfan Riyadi
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Cultural System ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Great Culture ◽  
Social Hermeneutics

Islamization in Mataram shows symptoms of transformation of the cultural system of society, from global to local culture, from great culture to little culture; Sultan Agung, the last student of Sunan Kalijaga, played an important role in this task. as the third king of the Mataram, he strongly criticized the Islamization model which did not build local conciusness because it uprooted the cultural roots of the community from where it had grown, which would hinder the process of Islamization and the process of community maturity. For this reason, he formulated his thoughts through allegorical poems in the <em>Sastra Gending</em> Literature text. The purpose of this study is to provide an interpretation of the literary <em>Sastra gending</em> so that an integrative acculturative pattern is found in concocting a phenomenal model of Islamization in the Mataram era. This study was carried out by exploring library data, which will be assembled by utilizing historical research methodology of thought, while analyzing the contents utilizing social hermeneutics. Conclusion This study has 2 things: 1) Serat Sastra Gending contains that’s about personal self-integration and divine integration; 2) According to Sultan Agung, human should understand the essence of religious teachings in a balanced way, it will make human life harmonious and peaceful, not mutually blaming and toppling each other. That is the point of preaching with the pacifique penetration model

scholarly journals Introduction to Views of Connectivism Theory of Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sa’adi Sa’adi
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
And Behaviors

‘Traditional’ theories of learning as pratical dimensions of psychology majorly tend to focus their interest on humans’ inner factors that influence the process of learning such as intelligences, motivation, interest, attitude, concentration and aptitude. They never connect it with instruments and technological inventions such as multimedia, cyber celluler, internet, even social organization, cultural values, traditions etc., while these are very influential nowdays towards the progress and behaviors of human life. As such the application of connectivism theory of learning which connect those dimensions of life with learning activities, is now and then insparable from any effort to promote the quality of humans’ learning itself, including in teaching and learning languages. 

scholarly journals DEVELOPING A WORKBOOK OF BASIC LISTENING COURSE FOR THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT IAIN ANTASARI BANJARMASIN

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Hidayah Nor ◽  
Nur Alfa Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
English Department ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
The Third ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Listening Skill ◽  
Diffi Cult ◽  
Beginning Learners

Work book is one of the principal necessities in the process<br />of teaching and learning second language. A comprehensive work-<br />book will work as step-by-step guidance both for the teacher and<br />students; teacher will know what to do to transfer the knowledge<br />effectively within very limited time constraint; and students will be<br />provided clear clue to comprehend required materials and acquire<br />the necessary skills. Without work book, teacher will have to think<br />and work harder in every meeting to measure their students’ needs<br />and adapt the materials to their comprehension capacity.<br />Third semester students of English Teaching Department of<br />IAIN Antasari Banjarmasin can be classifi ed as beginning learners<br />of English. For most students who live in a non-speaking English<br />country such as Indonesia, listening skill is diffi cult to comprehend.<br />Listening skills is seen not only as something valuable for its<br />own sake but as something that supports the growth of other as-<br />pects of language use, such as speaking and reading. The assump-<br />tions of teaching listening as comprehension are: listening serves<br />the goal of extracting meaning from messages, the learners have to be taught how to use both bottom up and top down processes in<br />arriving at an understanding of messages, and the language of ut-<br />terances used by speakers are temporary carriers of meaning. Once<br />meaning has been identifi ed there is no further need to attend to the<br />form of messages.<br />Students have problems to catch the actual sounds of the for-<br />eign language; understand every word which make them feel wor-<br />ried and stressed; understand fast, natural native-sounding speech;<br />keep up with all the information they get and they cannot predict.<br />To overcome these problems teachers can help students by teach<br />them how to improve their listening through some skills and teach<br />the students by using media.<br />Dealing with the purpose of this research in developing work-<br />book for English listening class, the suitable design for this research<br />is research and development (R&amp;D).

scholarly journals CULTURE, ITS DIMENSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS TO THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Rusdi Rusdi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
Norms And Values

Culture is an important aspect in learning a foreign language. This paper discusses three main conceptual issues: the concept of culture, its dimensions, and its implication to the teaching of English. In a broader sense, culture umbrellas arts, music, literary works, scientific findings, and other human beings’ creations. In a narrower sense, culture covers habits, customs, and social behaviours of a society. Four cultural dimensions: individualism, collectivism, high-context, and low-context are discussed. Deductive and inductive methods of reasoning are also discussed. In context of the teaching of English, culture is classified into local culture, foreign culture, and academic culture. Local culture refers to values and norms shared by the students who learn English as a foreign language. Foreign culture is the beliefs, norms, and values of the target language. Academic culture is the norms and values practiced in academic life. This paper strongly argues that the teaching of English as a foreign language should be based on local cultural values and norms. Language functions to express thoughts and culture. Therefore, English is used as an instrument to express thoughts and culture of learners who learn English. Keyword: culture, English language teaching, academic culture.

Cultural Problems in Teaching and Learning of English as a Foreign Language in Tunisia

2020 ◽  
pp. 211-229
Author(s):  
Aicha Rahal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Integration Of Technology

Culture now becomes a key element in most educational systems, particularly in Higher education, where cultural Studies are an essential part of most language instruction. The aim of this chapter is to explore the cultural challenges that hinder the process of learning English in Tunisia and to suggest solutions for overcoming these. A questionnaire was used as the primary data collection material. It was found that lack of authentic materials, lack of cultural knowledge of the target language, poor textbooks, limited exposure to authentic culture environment and native culture interference are considered to be the main problems. The results also showed that these challenges can be remedied by using more authentic materials, revising the content of textbooks, the integration of technology and cultural awareness.

scholarly journals Introduction to Views of Connectivism Theory of Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Sa’adi Sa’adi
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
And Behaviors

‘Traditional’ theories of learning as pratical dimensions of psychology majorly tend to focus their interest on humans’ inner factors that influence the process of learning such as intelligences, motivation, interest, attitude, concentration and aptitude. They never connect it with instruments and technological inventions such as multimedia, cyber celluler, internet, even social organization, cultural values, traditions etc., while these are very influential nowdays towards the progress and behaviors of human life. As such the application of connectivism theory of learning which connect those dimensions of life with learning activities, is now and then insparable from any effort to promote the quality of humans’ learning itself, including in teaching and learning languages. keywords; Connectivism; Learning; Theory And Technology

scholarly journals Authentic Materials – A Natural Resource for Developing Academic English

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Jana Bére-ová
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Academic English ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Target Culture

The approach to language learning as a way of coming to understand target culture and its impact on target language is reflected in the concept of teaching and learning languages through the integration of intercultural capabilities. The concept will be supported by a number of examples taken from authentic materials language learners have encountered in target language contexts, predominantly gaining experience through reading authentic materials. The paper presents the ideas of university students who carried out their own projects within and after research run by Trnava University, the representatives of which actively participated in a three-year project, supported by the VEGA funding scheme under number 1/0106/15. Twenty-two students who participated in our experiment were asked to analyze formal English in its written mode, searching for characteristic features of formal writing, used in contemporary English. After the completion of the first task related to the selection of appropriate samples, the students were expected to compare the quality of authentic materials received through technologies and that achieved from reading contemporary literary prose, newspapers and academic texts. The idea behind this task was to help university students to be able to critically assess other people’s ideas and arguments, to apply critical thinking when reading, to evaluate authentic materials and to achieve the ability to construct effective arguments in formal writing.

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