PROMOTING LANGUAGE LEARNERS’

INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS
THROUGH FOLKTALES : AN ACTION
RESEARCH STUDY IN AN INDONESIAN
EFL COURSE

BY:

SALIKA NAHJA HIDAYAH

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Background of the study
Evolving learners’ global and intercultural awareness
(ICA) has been one of the aspects education goals for
21st century learning competencies

folktales are historically related and represented a

country's cultural identity. In certain circumstances, it
is possible to explore folktales in order to teach young
learners about a range of traditions and cultures

The Intercultural Awareness (ICA) has not been

commonly developed in EFL course
Research question
How do students engage in analyzing
the intercultural competence in folk-
tales?

How do the students evaluate and in-

terpret their intercultural awareness
through folktales-mediated activities?
 Operational definition

ICA is a conscious understanding of the role

that cultural forms, behaviors, and
mechanisms of understanding may play in
intercultural communication and an ability to
apply these conceptions in real-time
communication in a responsive and context-
specific way.
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folktales
Folktales form part of folklore literature in general, and
is most generally referred to as folklore. Simply put, a
folktale is a typical story that was passed on by word of
mouth before the advent of writing systems. In general,
folktales consist of distinctive linguistic and structural
characteristics, such as new words, onomatopoetic
sounds and repeated or parallel phonological or
grammatical patterns that create fascinating rhythms
(Lwin, 2015).
 Aims of the study

To promote students’ intercultural awareness

To provide a practical insight into the teaching

by using folktales in promoting EFL learners’
Intercultural Awareness
 The uses of the study

Theoritical Practical
This study will contribute Byram’s This study is expected to make
intercultural theories related to the certain contributions to the related
practical insight into the teaching
students’ intercultural awareness
A B by using folktales to promote EFL
learners’ Intercultural Awareness.
Empirical
Through the study, the students C
could know more about how
important the intercultural
understanding for their real lives.
 Previous studies
P. M. Ribeiro (2016) conducted a study featuring 140 questionnaires on
01 developing intercultural awareness using digital storytelling.

Kusumaningputri & Widodo (2018) suggest the intercultural activities

mediated by digital photography help students increase their critical
02 awareness of cultural realities represented in online images.

03

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 Kim et al. (2018) Examines the interchange of multimedia,
03 bilingualism, and cultural competence activities by investigating
the response to animated folktales by children of Korean origin
and the debates they sparked regarding common cultural
values.
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Lwin (2016) carried out a research of defining a
comparative examination of folktales from the
040 community of learners and those from other
Asian cultures. The results indicate that learners
can gain not only a critical understanding of their
own society, but also a knowledge of Asian
societies' rich cultural diversity
 Research methodology
Approach Research design Participants
This study will be conducted
Qualitative ACTION in one of the EFL Course will
RESEARCH be carried out in a single
STUDY
classroom consisting of 10
EFL learners.

Data collection Analyzing the data

Interview Thi study uses thematic analysis from

Observation (Braun & Clarke, 2016) to identify
Students’ personal patterns and find themes through data
narratives which has been collected and
supported by
Byram’s Intercultural theory
 Research procedure

1. Warm-up Activity
2. While-reading activity
3. Post-reading activity
4. Role play
5. Directing students’ reflection in learning
6. Facilitating feedback on learning
 Research schedule
Oct. –
Aug. Sept. Nov. Nov.
2020 2020 2020 2020
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research topic approval search pro- proval
posal

Jan. –
Dec. Dec. Feb. Mar.
2020 2020 2021 2021
•Conducting the •Writing the re- •Final thesis ex-
Seminar proposal research port amination
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