Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English
Intercultural communication and language proficiency have become increasingly essential in preparing Indonesian EFL pre-service teachers (PSTs) for cultural diversity. Indonesian EFL PSTs only communicated English to people with the same majors or educational background. This study explores the impl...
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| description | Intercultural communication and language proficiency have become increasingly essential in preparing Indonesian EFL pre-service teachers (PSTs) for cultural diversity. Indonesian EFL PSTs only communicated English to people with the same majors or educational background. This study explores the implication of developing PSTs’ intercultural communication competence (ICC) at one of the universities in Indonesia that designed and implemented informal digital learning of English (IDLE) as an extracurricular program. Thirty-seven university PSTs from various multicultural backgrounds with insufficient overseas experiences (such as exchange programs or internship programs) participated in this study. We conducted the study –for one semester during the pandemic, where the PSTs mainly communicated in online environments. Combining the analysis from observations, artifacts, diaries, and interviews, this study reports that engaging in extracurricular IDLE potentially unlocked PSTs to 1) become aware of the value of their own cultural background and biases in developing their perception of other cultures and 2) evaluate their English language choices that potentially affected on how they addressed some topics and interpretation with overseas friends (OFs). Furthermore, this study provides insight into the benefits of implementing ICC for PSTs, especially in language development, and how they perceived this as a motivation for designing their future classroom practices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c60ded6699924adb9be1e93c5f2be0792025-01-28T10:47:38ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752024-06-0111285587210.24815/siele.v11i2.3477518328Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of EnglishNur Arifah Drajati0Lynde Tan1Surya Agung Wijaya2Agustina Tyarakanita3Universitas Sebelas MaretWestern Sydney UniversityUniversitas Sebelas MaretUniversitas Sebelas MaretIntercultural communication and language proficiency have become increasingly essential in preparing Indonesian EFL pre-service teachers (PSTs) for cultural diversity. Indonesian EFL PSTs only communicated English to people with the same majors or educational background. This study explores the implication of developing PSTs’ intercultural communication competence (ICC) at one of the universities in Indonesia that designed and implemented informal digital learning of English (IDLE) as an extracurricular program. Thirty-seven university PSTs from various multicultural backgrounds with insufficient overseas experiences (such as exchange programs or internship programs) participated in this study. We conducted the study –for one semester during the pandemic, where the PSTs mainly communicated in online environments. Combining the analysis from observations, artifacts, diaries, and interviews, this study reports that engaging in extracurricular IDLE potentially unlocked PSTs to 1) become aware of the value of their own cultural background and biases in developing their perception of other cultures and 2) evaluate their English language choices that potentially affected on how they addressed some topics and interpretation with overseas friends (OFs). Furthermore, this study provides insight into the benefits of implementing ICC for PSTs, especially in language development, and how they perceived this as a motivation for designing their future classroom practices.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/34775critical cultural awarenessextracurricular informal digital learning of englishintercultural communicative competence (icc)intercultural tasksocial media |
| spellingShingle | Nur Arifah Drajati Lynde Tan Surya Agung Wijaya Agustina Tyarakanita Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English Studies in English Language and Education critical cultural awareness extracurricular informal digital learning of english intercultural communicative competence (icc) intercultural task social media |
| title | Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English |
| title_full | Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English |
| title_fullStr | Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English |
| title_full_unstemmed | Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English |
| title_short | Developing pre-service teachers’ intercultural communication competence: Learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of English |
| title_sort | developing pre service teachers intercultural communication competence learning through extracurricular informal digital learning of english |
| topic | critical cultural awareness extracurricular informal digital learning of english intercultural communicative competence (icc) intercultural task social media |
| url | https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/34775 |
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