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Journal : ETERNAL: English Teaching Journal

HOW AN ENGLISH BOOK ILLUSTRATES GENDER ROLE IN THIS ERA: A CRITICAL REVIEW Tri Wahyuni Floriasti
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 7, No 2 (2016): August
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v7i2.2166

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Language is a tool to express feeling, idea, and share information. Language reflections  the speakers who have many things in common such as tradition, background, values and customs, then they have their own culture in communication among them.  Thus, it can be said that they have their own standard for leveling the social class, sexual orientation, language home, and gender roles in the society. Since language is a part of culture so  learners need to be aware of values in the society. For instance, learners, speakers of the language itself  or whoever interest  to  the language need to see the roles of male and female in the professional   and daily life which has been shifted from unpopular profession for female workers to favored career.  It cannot be ignored that in the  dreality, several English guidebooks for students still contain unresponsive gender pictures as media to introduce English material.  Women are profiled as nurses, housekeepers, nannies, and other unpopular positions while man  are figured as directors, CEO, pilots, doctors, and other most-wanted careers. In fact, the roles of women and men have been shifted and they have  equal   position now in professional life. This situation turned teachers and lecturers to be more creative in designing innovative material. Thus, teachers need to integrate not only such important points as good English material but also knowledge of gender into students’ materials. Therefore, learners and the society get and apply the knowledge and start appreciating each other, both men and women.
WHY DO STUDENT TEACHERS NEED CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE? AN EXAMPLE FROM FIELD TEACHING PRACTICE Tri Wahyuni Floriasti
ETERNAL (English Teaching Journal) Vol 3, No 2 (2012): August
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26877/eternal.v3i2.2240

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People especially teenagers tend to use language to represent their characters, for example they use slang and inappropriate words in the wrong situation. One attempt had been done to give young generation, especially English student teachers in Indonesia, English lesson, which was inserted with multicultural values. This effort was not only adding and applying universal values and cultural identities, which match with students’ needs, but also managing, and running good strategies in teaching learning process.  Why multicultural? Indonesia consists of 17.506 islands, 746 languages, and 1.128 tribes. It can be said that Indonesia is a multicultural country, which enriches the national heritage and strengthens the identity of Indonesians as well. However, the diversity itself may trigger potential conflict among Indonesian. Knowing, learning, comprehending and applying the knowledge of culture in daily life will glue them and avoid the future conflict. Therefore, giving multicultural knowledge to student teachers is one of the practical ways to enlighten them how to appreciate differences then go hand in hand with others in Indonesia and in the world. At the end, they will not only play as good model for their students but also occupy themselves as transformers of multicultural knowledge.