BUILDING STUDENTS’ CHARACTER BY ENGAGING SOCIAL STUDIES ISSUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Victor Novianto, University of Yogyakarta (2018) BUILDING STUDENTS’ CHARACTER BY ENGAGING SOCIAL STUDIES ISSUES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING. LOOW: Language in the Online and Offline World 6: The Fortitude.

Preview

Text ProceedingsLOOW6May89Petra.pdf Download (10MB) | Preview

Abstract

This paper focuses on analyzing the importance of character building in language teaching, and finding ways how to take advantages from engaging social studies issues within a pedagogical framework. Using social studies issues as topics in teaching English not only enable students to effectively acquire a foreign language with the knowledge and skills but also raise their awareness and critical thinking of our society problems. The globalization with its positive and negative affects has made our generation carried away by the currents of change of being a stranger in their own backyard and forget our own cultural identities. Many of the scenes and themes shown on the television, Internet and other media channels often run down the values and ideas of our national positive characters traits. In this point of view, teaching language by engaging social studies issues to build students’ character and national identity can enhance students understanding toward the importance of its moral values as their inspiration to be a better person, and improve their English as well. This paper will describe how an engagement of social studies issues can be an alternative learning tool utilized in language teaching to develop students’ character and national identity. Also, to provide the benefit from this approach students can get in learning English.

Actions (login required)

View Item