This research analyzed the model of cultural literacy in learning and understanding English as a foreign language in higher education. Cultural literacy is closely related to applying English as the main foreign language in higher education. The lecturer became a role model and a central point in introducing and guiding students to understand cultural literacy and English as a foreign language. Moroever, this study portrayed a qualitative descriptive method. Five lecturers from private higher education in Malang city were recruited as informants in gathering information. Furthermore, the study unraveled that cultural literacy and learning English as a foreign language had interconnections to explore each other’s culture from any aspect, thus, creating adjacent dialogic and informative spaces as intercultural communications.
Citation: Abd. Syakur, Sugirin, Margana (2023) Interconnection of Cultural Literacy in Learning English and its Understanding as a Foreign Language in Higher Education, International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, Vol.11, No 2, pp.1-8
Keywords: English, Foreign Language, Higher Education, cultural literacy
