T B.ING 1303413 Table of content

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF APPROVAL ...................................................................................

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DECLARATION ..............................................................................................

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PREFACE ........................................................................................................

iv

ACKNOWLEDMENT ....................................................................................

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ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................

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TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................

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LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................

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LIST OF APPENDIX .....................................................................................

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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 .............................................


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(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
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2.1.2 Understanding Culture ...................................................................

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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 ..............................................................


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3.3. Data Collection ........................................................................................

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3.3.1 Instrumentations ............................................................................

45

3.3.1.1 Classroom Observations ...................................................

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3.3.1.1 Questionnaire ....................................................................

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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 .....................................................

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4.2.2.3. The Students’ Responsibility as Intercultural Persons ....

91

4.3. Concluding Remarks ..............................................................................

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(A D escriptive Study at a State University in West Java)
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................

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5.1. Conclusion ..............................................................................................

94

5.2. Recommendations ..................................................................................

96

REFERENCES .................................................................................................

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APPENDIX.......................................................................................................

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