PROMOTING CULTURAL AWARENESS  THROUGH INTERCULTURAL LISTENING ACTIVITIES

Arini Nurul Hidayati; Santiana Santiana

doi:10.30598/tahurivol17issue2page53-62

Arini Nurul Hidayati Universitas Siliwangi - Tasikmalaya
Santiana Santiana Universitas Siliwangi - Tasikmalaya

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30598/tahurivol17issue2page53-62

Keywords: Intercultural Listening, Cultural Awareness

Abstract

As diversity is one of heated issues emerging in English teaching learning circumstance in Indonesia, teachers have to initiate strategies to restrain the probability of fragment among the students which can furthermost impact on their ability to communicate among cultures. Intercultural listening activities conducted at a university in West Java has evidently proven its contribution in consolidating the studentsâ€™ cultural awareness. Through reflective journals and focused-group interviews, it is found that the students are able to discover, understand, and compare their own culture and others, realize the similarities and differences, and respect the existing gaps in between. Thus, they are presumed to be more ready to take part in the intercultural communication

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