Senior High School English Teachers' Knowledge of Intercultural Values

Abstract

This study uses survey research design to examine the level of senior high school English teachers in Jember toward intercultural value. This study uses descriptive statistic test to measure and describe how the level of intercultural value among English teachers is. It is also expected to give a deep understanding of intercultural value in the teachers’ perspective and the way it influences teaching-learning process and communication of each English teachers. To know the teachers’ understanding of cultural knowledge in culturally diverse setting, the researcher uses the questionnaire developed by Early & Ang (2003). In this questionnaire, there were four dimensions, they were metacognitive dimension, cognitive dimension, motivational dimension, and behavioral dimension.