Cultural and Linguistic Relativity: Their Implications on English Language Teaching  

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Sulistyo, Teguh

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 4, page 91-98.
Topik: cultural and linguistic relativity; cultural contents; cross cultural understanding; English language teaching
Fulltext: hal 91.pdf (9.39MB)

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The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the importance of cultural contents in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Indonesian context. ELT in Indonesia aims at empowering students to develop competence in communication, to increase students’ awareness about the importance of English in the globalization era, and to develop students’ understanding related to the relevance between the target language and its culture. Based on the fact that every language is unique structurally and culturally, it is important to present cultural contents in ELT for some reasons. Furthermore, realizing the inseparable relationship between language and culture, it is crucial to present intercultural contents covering both local and target cultural contents in ELT activities to make students realize similarities and differences between L1 and L2 to raise their awareness that there are varied worlds around them to inculcate cross-cultural respect. The present paper also provides some tips which are helpful for developing cross cultural understanding (CCU).

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