An Intercultural Reading Programme (IRP) to Enhance Intercultural Knowledge among Secondary School Students

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar; Marsani, Fatin Najwa Amelia; Jaganathan, Paramaswari; Karupiah, Premalatha; Abdullah, Ahmad Sofwan Nathan
Titel	An Intercultural Reading Programme (IRP) to Enhance Intercultural Knowledge among Secondary School Students
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 10 (2017) 1, S.26-38 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Cultural Pluralism; Intervention; Cultural Awareness; Multicultural Education; English Literature; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Ethnic Groups; Reading Programs; Journal Writing; Focus Groups; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Student Attitudes; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Kulturpluralismus; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Englische literatur; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Ethnie; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	As a multi ethnic country, Malaysia consists of three major ethnic groups mainly Malays, Chinese, and Indians with unity as its building block. Although education is seen as the best medium for the three major ethnic groups to work together, contemporary research shows that there is lack of intercultural understanding among these three ethnic groups. Therefore, this study focused on a classroom intervention to investigate how Malaysian based English literature can be utilized to promote intercultural understanding among Form Four secondary school students via reading. This qualitative research design study collected data through focus group interviews and journal entry. This research explored intercultural knowledge among Form Four students through the Intercultural Reading Program (IRP). Findings indicate that the IRP intervention improved Form Four students' level of intercultural knowledge. This research puts forward suggestions to the Ministry of Education such as integrating IRP in its secondary schools' English Literature curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01