TAILORING LOCAL CULTURAL NORMS IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Rusdi Rusdi

Abstract


It is generally accepted that the main function of language is as an instrument tbr expressing thoughts and culture. Therefore, it is argued that. rvhen Indonesian speakers are communicatin-e in English- they will communicate reflecting Indonesian cultural norms and values. They are not expected to communicate in English using English native speakers' cultural norms and values. In line r.vith this argument. English as an international lan-euage is understood as diversities reflecting different cultural norms of people coming from ethnicities when they communicate in English. It is alsoiargued that English teaching should be based on local cultural norms and values. The local cultural norms',ttrd values themselves need to be identified and mapped for teaching purposes. Besides, Students should also be taught to be arvare of the existence of cultural differences when communicating in English lvith people from different ethnicities. This article also reviews cultural dimensions and patterns of communication of people from 'East' and 'West'.


Keywords


cultural norrns, culture, local cultural norms. ELT

Full Text:

PDF

References


Allen. E.D and R.M. Vallette 1977. Classroont Techniques: Foreign Languagesand English as a Second language- Harcourt Brace Javanovich. New York.

Alwasilah. A.C. 1991. Cultural Transfer in Communication: A Qualitatitive Studl'ol Indonesian Students in U.S. Academic settings. Ph.D. Disserlation. Indiana Universitl'.

Brilin. R. 1993- Understanding Cultures' Influences on Behat,ior, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Toronto.

Cameron, Deborah. 1997. 'Demythologizing Sociolinguistics', in Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook, Coupland and Jaworski, eds, Antony Rorve Ltd, London.

Gibson. W. 1966, 'Tough, Sweet and Stufl: An Essay on Modern American Prose styles'. ln Culture and Interpersonal Communication. eds. W.B. Gundykunst et al.- 1988, sage. Bevelly Hills.

Gundykunst. W. and Kim. Y. 7984, Communicating withstt'angers, Random House, New York.

Gundykunst, William. B et al. 1988, Culture and Interpersonal Communication, Sage. Beverly Hills.

Hinds, J. 1987, 'Reader Versus Writer Responsibility: A New Typology'. in WritingAcross Languages; An Analysis of L2 Text, eds. U. Connor and R.B. Kaplan, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Reading. Mass.

Hofstede, G. 1980, Culture's Conseqtrence: International Dffirences in Work-RelaledValttes, Sage. Beverly Hills.

Hofstede, G. and M. Bond 1984,'Hofstede's Culture Dimensions: An lndependent Validation Using Rokeach's Value Survey', Journal of Cross Cultural Psychologt- vol. I 5, pp. 4 17 -433. Hppia-news group, November 26, 1999.

Hui, C. and Triandis. H. l986. lndividualism-Collectivism: A Study of Cross-Cultural Researchers' , Journal of Cross-Cultural Pschology, vol. 7, pp, 225-248.

Jin, L. and M. Cortazzi 1998. 'The culture of the Leamer Brings: A Bridge or a Barrier?', in ,, Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective, eds. M. Byram and M. Fleming, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Katriel, T. 1986, Talking Straight: Dugri. Speech in Israeli Saba.Culture, Cambridge University Press- Cambridge.

Kirkpatrick, A. 1995, 'Chinese Rhetoric: Methods of Argument'. Multilingua, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 27-295.

McCarthy, M. and R. Carter. 1994. Language as Discourse: Perspectives for LanguageTeaching, Longman, London.

Park, M. 1979, Communication Styles in Two Dffirent Cultures: Korean and American, Publishing Company, Seoul, Korea.

Shen, C. 1995, 'Cultural Components in the Teaching of Asian Languages', AML, vol. 12, pp. 153-168.

Scollon, R. and S.W. Scollon 1991,'Topic Confusion in English-Asian Discourse', l4/orld Englishes,vol. 10,no.2, pp. 113-125.

Scollon, R. and S.W. Scollon 1995, Intercultural Contmunication. Basil Black'"vell Ltd. Oxford.

Suseno, F.M. 1995, Etika Jawa: Sebuah Analisa Falsafi tentang Kebijaksanaan Hidup Jarva. Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta.

Tyler, A. and C. Davies 1990, 'Cross-linguistic Communication Missteps', Text. vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 385-411.

Zhu, Hua. 2014. "Intercultural Communication"- in Li. Wei (Ed.), Applied Linguistics- Wiley Blackwell.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c) 2017 Proceedings of ISELT FBS Universitas Negeri Padang



This Proceedings is Currently indexed by:

Google Scholar.

The Proceedings of International Seminar on English Language and Teaching is registered at LIPI