Developing Culture-Based Procedures to Improve Students Cultural Awareness in Verbal and Nonverbal

Lutfan Adli, Bambang Setiyadi, Mahpul Mahpul

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh signifikan dari prosedur berbasis budaya terhadap kesadaran budaya siswa baik komunikasi verbal maupun nonverbal dan bagaimana siswa meningkatkan kesadaran budaya mereka terhadap budaya bahasa Inggris baik komunikasi verbal maupun nonverbal. Penelitian ini merupakan metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner dan observasi. Peserta ada 40 siswa STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ada pengaruh yang signifikan secara statistik terhadap prosedur berbasis budaya terhadap kesadaran budaya siswa dengan tingkat signifikan (0.000 <0.05). Hasil pengamatan menunjukkan bahwa siswa meningkatkan kesadaran budaya budaya dengan meniru verbal dan nonverbal, membuat catatan verbal dan nonverbal, mencari kamus dalam membuat dialog, dan memberi umpan balik kepada orang lain sebagai komponen penting dalam pembelajaran. aktivitas. Peneliti menyarankan agar mengembangkan prosedur berbasis budaya diperlukan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran budaya siswa dalam komunikasi verbal dan nonverbal.

This research is intended to find out the significant effect of the culture-based procedures on students cultural awareness in both verbal and nonverbal communication and how students improve their cultural awareness of English culture in both verbal and nonverbal communication.This research wasquantitative and qualitative method. The instruments of this research used questionnaire and observation. The participants were 40 students of STKIP MuhammadiyahPringsewu. The result showed there was a statistically significant effect of culture-based procedures on students cultural awareness with the significant level (0.000 < 0.05).The observation results showed that students improvecultural awareness by imitating of verbal and nonverbal, making notes of verbal and nonverbal, looking up dictionary in making dialogue, and giving peer feedback to others as important components in learning activity.The researcher suggests that developing culture-based procedures is needed to improve the students cultural awareness.

Keywords: Cultural awareness, nonverbal, verbal.

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