THE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF INTERCUTURAL SENSITIVITY DEPICTED IN THE FREEDOM WRITERS MOVIE

Dwi Maftukhah, Afina Murtiningrum

Abstract


This study analyzes Freedom Writers Movie produced by Richard LaGravenese and presented in 2007 using Bennett and Bennetts Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity that shows representation of the change of ethno-centric to ethno-relative. The study used qualitative method. All of the data are gathered by watching the movie, reading the movie script, identifying, classifying, and reducing the data. The primary data of the study were in the form of narration, monologue, and dialogue of the movie itself. The secondary data that supported primary data is taken from journals, articles, and internet sites related to the study. The study used qualitative method. All of the data are gathered by watching the movie, reading the movie script, identifying, classifying, and reducing the data. The primary data of the study were in the form of narration, monologue, and dialogue of the movie itself. The secondary data that supported primary data is taken from journals, articles, and internet sites related to the study. The result of the study finds that Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity is used to solve ethnocentrism by the characters. The stages of the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity are ethnocentric stage and ethno-relative stage. Every stages consists of three stages. The ethnocentric stage consists of denial, defense, and minimization. Furthermore, the ethno-relative stage consists of acceptance, adaptation, and integration.

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