Teachers’ Intercultural Profile Development

Three Case Studies of English Language Teachers in Indonesian Universities

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10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_53How to use a DOI?

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Intercultural communicative competence; Indonesian EFL teachers; Intercultural pedagogy

Abstract

Intercultural communicative competence appears to be inevitable for languages education nowadays. Due to the interconnectedness of the world, the nature of languages education has changed particularly in linguistic and cultural diversity in English as a Foreign Language Teaching (EFLT). The change has led to re-conceptualisation on the status and function of English as a global language as well as recognition on multiple national and local languages and identities in a teaching context. All of these suggest an intercultural approach of language pedagogy to achieve intercultural communicative competence, that is, a competence where skills and language development are paralleled with attitudinal development. An EFL teacher must be equipped for intercultural pedagogy readiness with not only skills for integral reflection but also a sort of awareness entrenched into their own individual development. Indeed, an individual intercultural development is complex and contingent upon his/her past, present and future. Therefore, this study strives to explicate such complexities in order to contribute the conceptualisation of intercultural pedagogy across the world. Through three case studies at university level, some factors of university teachers’ intercultural profile were found, which shape teachers’ positioning towards intercultural pedagogy. It was found that these aspects have been influenced by personal lived knowledge construction, degree of intercultural awareness, and teaching context. It is suggested that intercultural pedagogy is potential to be incorporated into (pre/in-service) EFL teacher education in Indonesia.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Aulia
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - Teachers’ Intercultural Profile Development
BT  - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 339
EP  - 343
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_53
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_53
ID  - Aulia2022
ER  -