EIGHT STUDENT-
TEACHERS’ DEVELOPMEN
T IN UNDERSTANDING
ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Maulida Ambarwati
112008060
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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EIGHT STUDENT-
TEACHERS’ DEVELOPMEN
T IN UNDERSTANDING
ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Maulida Ambarwati
112008060
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
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Eight Student-
teachers’ Development
in Understanding
English as an International Language Pedagogy
Abstract
With the wide spread of English as an international language, attention has been paid to the application of EIL pedagogy in TESOL education. There have been many studies and suggestions concerning how to teach EIL. However, there is still lacking of research about EIL pedagogy in Indonesia. This study investigates how eight Indonesian student-teachers develop their understanding of EIL pedagogy throughout a Microteaching class. The data were collected from teaching journals, lesson plans, and portfolios. The study found that the participants have different perceptions about implementing EIL approach into the teaching due to their different ways in gaining knowledge about EIL. At first, they only knew about „source culture‟ and „target
culture‟, and then they tried to improve their knowledge by seeking in some sources like from
lecture, friends, and internet. As time goes by, their understanding was not limited to „source
culture‟ and „target culture‟ but also the use of „international target culture‟. All of them give
positive attitudes toward the application of EIL approach as the alternative approach to learn English.
Key words: English as an international language, student-teachers, culture.
Introduction
English as an International language (EIL) has been a major research topic of applied
linguistics and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language (TESOL) education since the
last decade (McKay, 2002; Matsuda, 2003; Liurda, 2004). I firstly heard the issue of EIL when I
was in my Micro teaching course and I did not have any idea about what EIL was. McKay
(2010), in her article, used the term English as international language as an umbrella term to refer
