STUDY ON INTERCULTURAL VALUE IN BROOKLYN FILM AND ITS APPLICATION IN TEACHING READING

Chintya Dewi Pratamaningrum Titi Rokhayati, M.Pd

Abstract


Abstract
In this modern era, we easily has interactions with people around the world that it will cause
intercultural. When we are on intercultural situation, their intercultural values could make them say or
do things that are misperceived as intentional. We must learn intercultural values to improve
knowledge. We can learn intercultural value by watching film. The objectives of this research are to
find out the types of intercultural value in the Brooklyn film directed by John Crowley and to describe
the application of intercultural value in teaching reading at the tenth Grade of Senior High School.
The design of this research is descriptive qualitative. The technique for collecting data used analysis
of audio-visual materials because it use film to collect the data and the researcher use documents by
note-taking to collect the data in this research. The object of the research is Brooklyn Film. The unit
of analysis is the intercultural value found in the film. The instrument of this qualitative research is
the researchers themselves.The result of this study shows that Brooklyn film containing 9 types of
intercultural value namely individualism with 25.33%, particularism with 21.33%, external locus of
control with 13.33%, internal locus of control with 10.67%, universalism with 9.33%, collectivism
9.33%, free will with 8.00%, fate with 1.34%, nd monochronoism with 1.34%. The dominant
intercultural value in Brooklyn Film is individualism. It is individualism because they are seen as
separate individual or not in group members. They think that individual needs is more important that
the other. People are in there need time to be alone and to be themselves. They also feel free if they do
everything by their self-though, self-reliance, self-interesr, personal growth, and fulfillment.The
application of analyzing intercultural value in Brooklyn film can be implemented in teaching reading
at the tenth grade students of Senior High School in the material. It is about descriptive text. The
teacher can take advantages by using Brooklyn film as a media of teaching reading.
Keyword: Intercultural Value, Brooklyn Film, Teaching Reading

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