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to be able to reflect and appreciate the diversities of cultural values as input to
produce paragraphs that will be used as supporting details in paragraphs. In doing

so, students are given clues in the form of individual sentences in order to create
reflective sentences or paragraphs. One of the exercises established by students is

the jumbled paragraph in which students reorganize the order paragraph based on

the topic sentences given. Students are asked to form groups in order that students
are able to share their knowledge and skills in creating sentences into a paragraph.

The product of this phase is a number of sentences that are later used as
supporting details in paragraphs.

d) Constructing
The aim of this stage is that students are able to construct their ideas and

knowledge of intercultural experiences that they have done in reflecting phase in

written forms. This stage is directed for students to be able to construct the
cultural aspects as inputs to write paragraphs that are used as supporting details in

paragraphs. The input to this phase is in the form of paragraphs presented in the

instructional materials. This phase is a continuation of the reflecting phase as the
main step to produce the complete paragraphs.

In this phase, students are directed to produce complete paragraphs that are
in line with the topic which is provided. The class format is preferably in groups

because students will be able to cooperate by sharing their knowledge and skills in
constructing paragraphs. In this phase, students are asked to construct the

complete paragraph based on their works in the initial phase, dealing with the

topic sentence that is given. To be able to do this, students are provided a graphic
organizer to construct paragraphs. The following is an example.

Paragraph 1
Title: Wedding Ceremony
The wedding process in some countries has different processes. A Malay wedding has
two processes: the akad nikah and bersanding, while a Lombok wedding (Indonesia) has six
processes: kidnaping, nuntut wali, akad nikah, nyelabar, nyongkolan, and bebales nae.
Paragraph 2
In a Lombok wedding, the kidnapping process should be done by the Terune (the
groom). After the groom introduces the bride‘s family to his family, the groom‘s family does
the Nuntut wali process. The nuntut wali process sometimes becomes a crucial issue for both
families… One of the wedding processes in Lombok is the Bebales nae. Sasak people must care
of the Bebales nae. Bebales nae is a process done after Nyongkolan in the Sasak wedding
traditions. The groom‘s family comes to the bridge‘s family. It has cultural values to tie the two
new families. It mirrors the bridegroom is ready to build a new family.

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