The cultural content and intercultural communicative competence in the global and local textbooks used in Indonesian EFL classes

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23971/jefl.v13i1.6061
Keywords:
culture theme, intercultural communicative competence (ICC), international culture, source culture, target culture, textbook evaluation

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Noni Agustina
Universitas Esa Unggul, Jakarta,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6099-2932
Nila Kencana
Universitas Prof. Dr. Hazairin, Bengkulu,
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4192-8580

Abstract

A number of studies on the cultural content represented in local or global textbooks have increasingly been investigated. However, it is scanty research comparing local and global textbooks. This study aims to examine two textbooks determined by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, a global textbook entitled English in Mind

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023): Issued in March 2023
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Author Biographies

Noni Agustina, Universitas Esa Unggul, Jakarta,

Noni Agustina is Head of English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Esa Unggul, Jakarta, Indonesia. Her research interests are critical thinking, English material development, and intercultural communicative competences.

Nila Kencana, Universitas Prof. Dr. Hazairin, Bengkulu,

Nila Kencana is an Assistant Professor of English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Prof. Dr. Hazairin, Bengkulu, Indonesia. Her research interests are English language education and applied linguistic areas.

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