Published date:Mar 11 2021

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: Annual International Conference on Language and Literature

Pages:271-278

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v5i4.8686

Euis Amaliaeuisamaliaa@gmail.comUNIMED, Medan, Indonesia

Lenny Bey BUNIMED, Medan, Indonesia

Rahmad Husein NapitupuluUNIMED, Medan, Indonesia

This research examines cross-cultural communication between teachers and students who could not speak English well at SDN 18 Parhorasan in Samosir. There were 17 participants, who were grade five students in elementary school. The students had different social backgrounds and so found speaking English difficult. They were used to using their Batak dialect when they tried to speak English. The pronunciation seemed to be a joke for them. The researchers investigated the cultural and language barriers in communication among the teachers and students when they learn English in the class. This research was conducted using a descriptive qualitative method. The findings highlighted the barriers in expression, intonations and sentences. 50% of the barriers were cultural and 50% were language.

Keywords: cross-culture, communication barrier, language barrier

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