Bringing Indonesian Local Wisdom Into the English Class

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200804.009How to use a DOI?

Keywords

local wisdom, foreign language, English materials

Abstract

Learning a foreign language may influence the learners’ awareness on local culture. Learning a foreign language is learning its culture. They probably copy or even think that foreign culture is better than theirs. It can threaten their native culture awareness. It is necessary to insert materials with local culture in teaching activities. In Indonesia, it is in line with the Indonesian National Education System and 2013 national curriculum. The writer tries to find Indonesian local wisdoms that can be used as the material. This is a library research in which the writer collects and compares information from articles and thesis on Indonesian local wisdom in teaching English found in journals. Next the writer finds texts, pictures, and videos with Indonesian local wisdom content in internet to be integrated in teaching English. The writer proposes several materials with local wisdom contents such as whale hunting in Lamalera, Pranata Mangsa (seasonal rule) in Javanese tradition, rice plantation system in Bali (Terasering), Saman Dance from Aceh. There are some activities can be applied with those materials, like; storytelling, discussion, grammar, identifying value, debating, genre-based text (procedure, descriptive). Using local wisdom also can develop four language skills like listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Giyatmi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/05
TI  - Bringing Indonesian Local Wisdom Into the English Class
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language, Literature, and Arts Education (ICLLAE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 48
EP  - 53
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200804.009
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200804.009
ID  - 2020
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