Developing Islamic English reading course syllabus: Preserving Islamic ideology and strengthening students' language proficiency

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Deby Irawan

2016 Asian EFL Journal Vol. 2 Article Cited by 0 SDG 4SDG 16 Quartile

Abstract

This study is aimed at (1) analyzing the current situation of English teaching in an Islamic University along with (2) the needs of the lecturer, students, and policy maker related to the expected teaching activity. Furthermore, this study is also aimed at (3) developing a syllabus of English Reading course in an Islamic institution by considering the issue of Islamic culture. By a case study design, needs and situation analyses were enrolled to gather necessary data from the students, lecturer, and policy maker. The findings indicate that (1) the institution has gathered a policy related to the Islamic culture content in teaching activity, yet still not operational for human resource issue. The policy appears to urge the inducement of Islamic culture in teaching activity as in order to have Islamic culture well-informed graduates. The students also stated that (2) they learning progress is slow for the unfamiliar text topic selection in reading course problem. The end product of this study is (3) a syllabus of an English reading course which has an adequate portion of Western and Islamic culture.

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

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