Acquiring Successful Teaching English Through American Values.

Abstract

Having variety of ethnic, cultural, and religious groups, it does make America become pluralism. As dominant culture expands its influence, it shapes people mindset the way to get wealth and success in American. In addition, it becomes basic traditional values in America: Independence, Equality, Informality, Competition, and Can-do spirit. The study aims to discover how American values effect the English teaching and learning. To obtain accurate and trustworthy results, this study used a mixed-method approach that included both qualitative and quantitative methods. The data was collected from some participants by the researcher using a useful instrument. The data obtained aided the researcher in analyzing the teaching process using some American values applied by the researcher in teaching speaking skill. The participants in this study are the fifth semester students of Civil Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Malang. The researcher uses questionnaire to gain the data and IELTS speaking band descriptors as the indicator to find the score. After analyzing the data, the researcher comes to the conclusion that the application of American values in teaching English for Civil Engineering students in National Institute of Technology Malang is very effective. It can increase students’ motivation in learning English. The researcher recommends others to apply American values in teaching and learning process. Not only teaching English, the researcher also hopes that teachers can apply American values in any teaching and learning process. It is very important to discover other ways or methods in acquiring successful teaching English.