CULTURAL CONTENT IMPLEMENTED IN STUDENT-
TEACHERS’
TEACHING PRACTICUM PROGRAM VIEWED FROM EIL
PEDAGOGY
Benny Nor Cahyanto
Abstract
The study was conducted to find out how three English Department student-teachers implemented the cultural aspect in EIL pedagogy as seen from their teaching practicum. This is a qualitative study, which focus on the cultural aspect in the lesson plans and materials given to the students.The finding showed that there were three common themes of cultural contents that the participants used in their lesson plans. The first one was using the national issues including current news or phenomena that became headlines in the national media, the second one was using national landmarks that were familiar to the students, and the third one was the use of local English speaker voice in teaching. It was founded that the first and second themes were brought into the lesson plans because of the familiarity reason in which the cultural contents being discussed were known by the students. However, the third cultural content was used in the lesson plan because the student-teachers wanted to introduce the learners about the variety of English accents, as well as let the student know that in EIL pedagogy, there were no exact English accents that had to be followed. It is expected that this research will give better understanding and awareness about EIL pedagogy.
