Promoting Intercultural Understanding among School Students through an English Language Based Reading Programme

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar; Marsani, Fatin Najwa Amelia binti; Jaganathan, Paramaswari; Abdullah, Ahmad Sofwan Nathan; Karupiah, Premalatha
Titel	Promoting Intercultural Understanding among School Students through an English Language Based Reading Programme
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 7 (2016) 5, S.128-136 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Intercultural Communication; Cultural Awareness; English (Second Language); Secondary School Students; Reading Programs; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Behavior Change; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Ethnic Groups; Indians; Asians; Multicultural Education; Guidelines; Intergroup Relations; Pretests Posttests; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sekundarschüler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Ethnie; Inder; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Richtlinien; Intergruppenbeziehungen
Abstract	Malaysian intercultural society is typified by three major ethnic groups mainly Malays, Chinese and Indians. Although education system is the best tool for these three major ethnic groups to work together, contemporary research reveals that there is still lack of intercultural embedding education context and national schools are seen as breeding grounds of racial polarisation. In Malaysian context, there is a gap in research that focuses on the design of a proper intercultural reading framework for national integration and such initiatives are viable through schools. The main objective of this conceptual paper is to introduce the English Language Intercultural Reading Programme (ELIRP) in secondary schools to promote intercultural understanding among secondary school students. The proposed framework will facilitate the acquisition of intercultural inputs without being constrained by ideological, political, or psychological demands. This article will focus on elucidating how ELIRP could affect cognitive (knowledge) and behavioural transformations to intercultural perceptions harboured by selected Form 4 students of 20 national schools in Malaysia. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01