Investigating Self-Emotional Talk In Intercultural Communication Competence Of Pre-Service Teacher During International Teaching Practicum: A Thematic Analysis
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate self-emotional talk in
intercultural communication competence during international teaching
practicum. This study is conducted by applying the qualitative method using
thematic analysis with two students as the participants. The participants of this
study are undergraduate students of English Department in an Islamic Private
University in Yogyakarta. The data were collected from interviews of the
participants using Zoom meeting. After the data were collected, the researcher
transcripted it, arranged the data into coding, grouping the coding into themes,
checking the results to make sure the coding earlier is relevant with themes,
analyzing the themes, and the last is presenting the data results analysis. The
findings of this research are both participants have higher interest to go abroad,
they could interact with locals although still struggled with the language. They
obtained new knowledge about other cultures, improving understanding of
differences from worldview. They gained awareness towards other cultures and
language competence to avoid misunderstanding, building wellcommunication
to maintain anxiety, empathic towards others, trained before
going abroad to adapt new environment, and they understand and could explain
others’ behavior based on their experience.