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Title: | Multicultural Literature for a PeaceBased Prose Class for English Teacher Education |
Authors: | Kusumaningtyas, Purwanti |
Keywords: | multicultural literature;peace-based learning;prose class;English teacher education |
Issue Date: | Nov-2011 |
Publisher: | Widya Sari |
Abstract: | In this global world, language is not a mere means of communication, but is more a means to construct realities. English language classrooms are in fact potential as peace agency as the teachers are in a strategic position to influence infrastructure, to invest in their social capital and to construct moral imagination (Birch 2009, Anderson 1991). In response to today's need for a peaceful global world, English teachers must be aware and be proactive agents to promote a more dialogic atmosphere in their classrooms. This paper will discuss how a Prose class with peace-based perspective for English teacher education made use of four texts of multicultural literature (Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," Mary Whitebird's "Ta-Na-E-Ka," Remy Sylado's "Ca Bau Kan," and Richard Oh's Novel "The Pathfinders of Love") to be a meaningful set of materials to encourage students' self-awareness as a part of the diversed society and to promote dialogic relation among themselves. The overall discussion will be concluded with the implication of using multicultural literature in a peace based class for English Teacher Education |
Description: | Proceedings The 5th International Seminar 2011 "Teacher Education in the Era of World Englishes", Salatiga, November 21-22, 2011, p. 261-273 |
URI: | http://repository.uksw.edu/handle/123456789/536 |
ISBN: | 978-979-1098-67-4 |
Appears in Collections: | The 5th International Seminar 2011 "Teacher Education in the Era of World Englishes" |
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PROS_Purwanti Kusumaningtyas_Multicultural literature_Full text.pdf | Full text | 551.51 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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