JELLT (Journal of English Language and Language Teaching)
Vol 4 No 1 (2020)

THE ROLE OF CCU IN ENGLISH CLASSROOM IN INDONESIA

Hikmatulloh Hikmatulloh (STKIP Al Hikmah Surabaya)
Ahmad Syafi’i (STKIP Al Hikmah Surabaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Apr 2020

Abstract

Language cannot be separated from culture, so if we teach a language, we also need to correlate it with culture. It implies that to teach language means to also teach the culture. Since English now belongs to the world as lingua franca, used by different nationalities, the number of students who learn English increases around the world. The increase of students who learn English in countries with various ethnicities makes multicultural education in the 21st century. This phenomenon happens especially in a diverse country such as Indonesia that has thousands of ethnicities, languages, religions, and cultures. Language and religious diversity are also increasing among the nation’s student population (Dilg, 2003). ln an EFL country such as Indonesia, teaching cross-cultural understanding (CCU) is extremely needed in order to understand the language taught. This paper will discuss the use of CCU in English classrooms, especially in Indonesia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jellt

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JELLT (Journal of English Language and Language Teaching) is a refereed publication devoted to research articles, and reports concerned with the teaching and learning of English, language in education, language planning, language testing, curriculum design and material development, multilingualism ...