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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE OF APPROVAL ...................................................................................
ii
DECLARATION ..............................................................................................
iii
PREFACE ........................................................................................................
iv
ACKNOWLEDMENT ....................................................................................
v
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................
vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................
vii
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................
x
LIST OF APPENDIX .....................................................................................
xi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................
1
1.1.
Background of Research ................................................................
1
1.2.
Research Questions .........................................................................
5
1.3.
Purpose of the Research ..................................................................
5
1.4.
Significance of Study ......................................................................
5
1.5.
Classification of Terms ...................................................................
6
1.6.
Organization of the Thesis ..............................................................
7
1.7.
Concluding Remarks .......................................................................
7
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ...........................................................
8
2.1. Language and Culture .............................................................................
8
2.1.1. Understanding Language...............................................................
8
2.1.1.1. Language as Structural System.........................................
9
2.1.1.2. Language as Communicative System ...............................
10
2.1.1.3. Language as Social Practice .............................................
10
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2.1.2 Understanding Culture ...................................................................
12
2.1.2.1. Culture as National Attributes ..........................................
13
2.1.2.2. Culture as Societal Norms ...............................................
14
2.1.2.3. Culture as Symbolic System ............................................
14
2.1.2.4. Culture as Practice ...........................................................
15
2.1.2.5. Culture for Language Teaching and Learning .................
15
2.1.3. The Relationship between Language and Culture ........................
18
2.2. Intercultural Language Learning ............................................................
21
2.3. Principles of Intercultural Language Learning .......................................
26
2.3.1. Active Construction ......................................................................
27
2.3.2. Making Connection .......................................................................
28
2.3.2. Social Interaction ..........................................................................
29
2.3.4. Reflection .....................................................................................
30
2.3.5. Responsibility ...............................................................................
31
2.4. Communicative Task for Intercultural Classroom ..................................
33
2.5. Intercultural Language Learning in English Language Teaching ..........
35
2.4.1. English as a Foreign Language Classroom in Indonesia ..............
35
2.4.2. Intercultural Language Learning in an EFL Classroom ...............
36
2.5. Previous Studies .....................................................................................
38
2.6. Concluding Remarks ..............................................................................
41
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...............................................
43
3.1. Research Designs.....................................................................................
43
3.2. Research Sites and Participants ..............................................................
44
3.3. Data Collection ........................................................................................
45
3.3.1 Instrumentations ............................................................................
45
3.3.1.1 Classroom Observations ...................................................
45
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3.3.1.1 Questionnaire ....................................................................
47
3.3.1.3 Interview ...........................................................................
48
3.3.2. Procedures ....................................................................................
49
3.4 Data Analysis ...........................................................................................
50
3.5 Concluding Remarks ................................................................................
52
CHAPTER 4 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS ............................
53
4.1. Data Presentation ....................................................................................
53
4.2.1. Data from Observation .................................................................
53
4.2.2. Data from Questionnaire ..............................................................
62
4.4.3. Data from Interview .....................................................................
67
4.2. Data Analysis...........................................................................................
72
4.2.1. The Implementation of Intercultural Language Learning
in the Classroom............................................................................
72
4.2.1.1. Active Construction .........................................................
74
4.2.1.2. Making Connection ..........................................................
78
4.2.1.3. Social Interaction .............................................................
80
4.2.1.4. Reflection .........................................................................
83
4.2.1.5. Responsibility ..................................................................
86
4.2.2. The Students’ Responses to the Implementation of Intercultural
Language Learning .......................................................................
86
4.2.2.1. The Students’ Attitudes to the Course ..............................
86
4.2.2.2. The Students’ Attitudes to the Implementation of
Teaching and Learning .....................................................
89
4.2.2.3. The Students’ Responsibility as Intercultural Persons ....
91
4.3. Concluding Remarks ..............................................................................
92
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E IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................
94
5.1. Conclusion ..............................................................................................
94
5.2. Recommendations ..................................................................................
96
REFERENCES .................................................................................................
98
APPENDIX.......................................................................................................
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PAGE OF APPROVAL ...................................................................................
ii
DECLARATION ..............................................................................................
iii
PREFACE ........................................................................................................
iv
ACKNOWLEDMENT ....................................................................................
v
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................
vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................
vii
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................
x
LIST OF APPENDIX .....................................................................................
xi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................
1
1.1.
Background of Research ................................................................
1
1.2.
Research Questions .........................................................................
5
1.3.
Purpose of the Research ..................................................................
5
1.4.
Significance of Study ......................................................................
5
1.5.
Classification of Terms ...................................................................
6
1.6.
Organization of the Thesis ..............................................................
7
1.7.
Concluding Remarks .......................................................................
7
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW ...........................................................
8
2.1. Language and Culture .............................................................................
8
2.1.1. Understanding Language...............................................................
8
2.1.1.1. Language as Structural System.........................................
9
2.1.1.2. Language as Communicative System ...............................
10
2.1.1.3. Language as Social Practice .............................................
10
Fauzi M iftakh, 2016
E IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
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vii
2.1.2 Understanding Culture ...................................................................
12
2.1.2.1. Culture as National Attributes ..........................................
13
2.1.2.2. Culture as Societal Norms ...............................................
14
2.1.2.3. Culture as Symbolic System ............................................
14
2.1.2.4. Culture as Practice ...........................................................
15
2.1.2.5. Culture for Language Teaching and Learning .................
15
2.1.3. The Relationship between Language and Culture ........................
18
2.2. Intercultural Language Learning ............................................................
21
2.3. Principles of Intercultural Language Learning .......................................
26
2.3.1. Active Construction ......................................................................
27
2.3.2. Making Connection .......................................................................
28
2.3.2. Social Interaction ..........................................................................
29
2.3.4. Reflection .....................................................................................
30
2.3.5. Responsibility ...............................................................................
31
2.4. Communicative Task for Intercultural Classroom ..................................
33
2.5. Intercultural Language Learning in English Language Teaching ..........
35
2.4.1. English as a Foreign Language Classroom in Indonesia ..............
35
2.4.2. Intercultural Language Learning in an EFL Classroom ...............
36
2.5. Previous Studies .....................................................................................
38
2.6. Concluding Remarks ..............................................................................
41
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ...............................................
43
3.1. Research Designs.....................................................................................
43
3.2. Research Sites and Participants ..............................................................
44
3.3. Data Collection ........................................................................................
45
3.3.1 Instrumentations ............................................................................
45
3.3.1.1 Classroom Observations ...................................................
45
Fauzi M iftakh, 2016
E IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
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3.3.1.1 Questionnaire ....................................................................
47
3.3.1.3 Interview ...........................................................................
48
3.3.2. Procedures ....................................................................................
49
3.4 Data Analysis ...........................................................................................
50
3.5 Concluding Remarks ................................................................................
52
CHAPTER 4 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS ............................
53
4.1. Data Presentation ....................................................................................
53
4.2.1. Data from Observation .................................................................
53
4.2.2. Data from Questionnaire ..............................................................
62
4.4.3. Data from Interview .....................................................................
67
4.2. Data Analysis...........................................................................................
72
4.2.1. The Implementation of Intercultural Language Learning
in the Classroom............................................................................
72
4.2.1.1. Active Construction .........................................................
74
4.2.1.2. Making Connection ..........................................................
78
4.2.1.3. Social Interaction .............................................................
80
4.2.1.4. Reflection .........................................................................
83
4.2.1.5. Responsibility ..................................................................
86
4.2.2. The Students’ Responses to the Implementation of Intercultural
Language Learning .......................................................................
86
4.2.2.1. The Students’ Attitudes to the Course ..............................
86
4.2.2.2. The Students’ Attitudes to the Implementation of
Teaching and Learning .....................................................
89
4.2.2.3. The Students’ Responsibility as Intercultural Persons ....
91
4.3. Concluding Remarks ..............................................................................
92
Fauzi M iftakh, 2016
E IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu| perpustakaan.upi.edu
ix
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................
94
5.1. Conclusion ..............................................................................................
94
5.2. Recommendations ..................................................................................
96
REFERENCES .................................................................................................
98
APPENDIX.......................................................................................................
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Fauzi M iftakh, 2016
E IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERCULTURAL LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AN EFL CLASSROOM
(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
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