REVITALIZING ENGLISH TEACHING BY GLOBALIZING STUDENTS’ LOCAL WISDOM: A CASE AT ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF PURWOREJO MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

ABSTRACT
In this internet era, Non Native English Teachers (NNETs) have the duty not only to teach English for
Indonesian learners but also to globalize the Indonesian local wisdom. It is because every nation has the
responsibility to participate in the human civilization progress in the world. The attempt to do so can be
started from the English classes held in English Education Department study program in which the
prospective NNETs are educated before being certified to teach in the lower and upper secondary schools.
One of the subjects available which are potential to realize such an attempt is Indonesian-English
translation. Furthermore, the Indonesian-English Translation class held by applying Task-Based
Language Teaching (TBLT) is the promising choice.
This paper is written based on the research conducted in English Education study program of
Purworejo Muhammadiyah University. The research dealt with whether or not the Indonesian-English
Translation class applying Task-Based Language Teaching(TBLT) is effective to develop students’
translation skill. The research findings resulted, among others, that such a translation class was effective
not only to develop students’ translation skill but also to promote the local wisdom belonging to students.
The products of such a research were both the model of Indonesian-English Translation teaching and its
course book.