Publication Date

2015

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

First Advisor

Shimizu, Hidetada, 1960-

Degree Name

M.S. Ed. (Master of Education)

Legacy Department

Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations

LCSH

Educational psychology; English as a second language; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers; Indonesian language--Terms and phrases; Educational psychology

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between language, culture, and emotion in the Indonesian English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom. It does this by focusing on the Indonesian concept of malu, an emotional response often translated as "shame." Malu is a complex emotional construct that determines appropriate behavior and is activated situationally, often as a way of indicating respect. By investigating how students and teachers navigate the application of the communicative approach of language acquisition in the presence of malu, we are able to gain insights into the world of the Indonesian English learner. This study was conducted in the context of the highly stratified, deeply traditional setting of central Java in Indonesia, using multivocal videographic ethnography, a form of ethnography that uses a video of an experience as an interview prompt for multiple focus groups. The design of this study started with a short film of an Indonesian EFL classroom that was used to prompt discussion about the cultural meanings that initiate emotional responses in the Indonesian EFL classroom.

Comments

Advisors: Hidetada Shimizu.||Committee members: Eric Jones; Lee Shumow.

Extent

159 pages

Language

eng

Publisher

Northern Illinois University

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In Copyright

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NIU theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from Huskie Commons for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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