Perspectives on inter-cultural education among English language students: A case study of Bugisu high school, Mbale.
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2024
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Busitema University
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Teachers and students on intercultural education in English Language classroom. The study intended to analyze the impact of task-based learning through cultural education in English classes at Bugisu High School, Mbale. The study was designed as qualitative research for analyzing the effectiveness of integrating intercultural education into English classrooms. It was conducted as a task given to the students in groups where they need to create an e-book. Their eBook should be about a country of their preference and should include the contents that they learned from their course book. The students created e-books about four different countries and tried to use the form and structure of their course book. The study helped students to realize the way of contextualizing the learned concept through their e-book by using the vocabulary and grammar of each unit to explain the contents of their e-book. “Graphic design website was used for this task and a rubric was formed to assess their task. Students’ perspective about the new approach was also analyzed qualitatively through an open-ended questionnaire. The new strategy of intercultural language learning led them to learn collaboratively, linguistically, and technically comparing and contrasting other countries’ culture and way of life. In the context of globalization, intercultural integration has gained better position in teaching and learning English in Uganda, even in general education. Therefore, it is recommended for Bugisu High school to incorporate culture into the teaching more effectively, which contributes to the accomplishment of a reformed English curriculum objective-building comprehensive intercultural competence for the students.
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Nabuyaka, J. (2024). Perspectives on inter-cultural education among English language students: a case study of Bugisu High School, Mbale. [Undergraduate, research report]. Busitema University.