ADAPTASI DAN INTEGRASI BUDAYA LOKAL PADA BAHAN AJAR BAHASA INGGRIS OLEH GURU SEKOLAH MENENGAH DI TANIMBAR

Abstract

ABSTRACT

 

This research entitled “adaptasi dan integrasi budaya lokal pada bahan ajar bahasa Inggris oleh guru sekolah menengah di Tanimbar†were focused to observe the use of English material adaptation by teachers in three secondary schools in Tanimbar, Maluku. The writer in this research used the theories from Richards (2007) and Cheng (2002) to be his main theories, where the typical of material adaptation that tried to be reached by teachers also came from those two theories, while the writer also read and learned some related research which have been done by Syahri and Susanti (2016) in Palembang and Warouw (2015) in Manado. In this research, the writer used some of data collection techniques that reliable to this research, namely; observations and interviews techniques. The finding shows that the mostly used technique is addition and it is practiced in the classroom spontaneously in order to meet the students’ needs. Then, the mostly used local cultural content in teachers’ practices is local folklores. Thhis local cultural content is used to develop students’ interests in learning English and play an important role in the teaching and learning processes..

 

Keywords:  ELT Materials, Materials adaptation, local cultural contents.