Inovasi Pendidikan: Jurnal Pendidikan
Vol 2, No 18 (2017): Inovasi Pendidikan Volume II Nomor 18, November 2017

INTEGRATING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE TEACHING: THE APPLICATION OF READING NOVEL

IRWAN DI (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
09 Dec 2017

Abstract

As English becomes the global lingua Franca, the correlation between the English language and particular culture is problematic. Consequently, English Foreign Language (EFL) learners should have intercultural competence while improving their linguistic competence. Moreover, intercultural communication is more complex than communication between persons of the same culture. Thus, the practitioners of English language teaching need to know how to integrate the knowledge of intercultural communication in English language classes. This paper emphasizes the strategy of integrating the language learners’ intercultural communication competence in English literature teaching, especially in reading novel. Through reading novel, students are exposed to more cultural varieties and understand the culture concepts. The strategy mostly encompasses activating learners’ cultural awareness, considering context, and understanding obstacles in English reading comprehension from the perspective of cross-culture, and designing classroom tasks for the intercultural competence. By employing these, it is hoped that learners can improve their intercultural communicative competence during reading English literature

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Journal Info

Abbrev

inovasipendidikan

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Inovasi Pendidikan, merupakan Jurnal Penelitian dan Kajian Ilmiah yang diterbitkan Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Barat yang terbit 2 (dua) kali dalam setahun. Penyunting menerima kiriman naskah hasil kajian dan penelitian untuk bidang eksakta, ...