UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA FAKULTAS ILMU BUDAYA JURUSAN SASTRA INGGRIS (S-1) EXAM QUESTIONS FOR FINAL EXAM

M SEMESTER 2011/2012 Instructor: Drs. Eddy Pursubaryanto, M.Hum. Subject / SKS 3) OPEN BOOK EXAM
Group A : 1. Give 3 (three) definitions of Culture (One from an Indonesian expert and two from foreign experts)). Please provide the complete data of publication from each definition you write) 2. Culture is not personal habits. Explain the statement. 3. Culture can be learned. Explain the statement. 4. Explain the following terms: 1) cultural behavior, 2) cultural knowledge, and 3) cultural artefacts. 5. Explain what steps does the scientific method consist of? 6. Explain which disciplines that can use literary works as their object of study? 7. Write a description about the function and the role of arts in the life of a society. 8. Explain the following statement : Culture is passed on through learning, not through genealogy/biology. 9. Explain the following statement by Aryati (http://www.ialf.edu/kipbipa/abstracts.html) part of the language learning process should involve immersing ourselves in the culture we are studying, at least for long enough to begin to understand how culture affects the way we communicate, whether in words or gestures. 10.Explain the following term acculturation. Group B : 1. Write what you know about cultural sciences. (see: http://www.bgc.bard.edu/research/initiatives/what-is-culturalsciences.html) 2. Explain about the Forms of Culture. 3. A society as an institution is a group of people that unite and organize themselves to reach a goal. Explain the statement. 4. Culture is not static, but in the course of time it undergoes some changes. Explain the statement with examples. 5. Explain which disciplines that can use wayang kulit as their object of study? Please mention at least 5 disciplines.

: Foundation of Humanities (BDU 1101

6. A study of a culture should consider three experiences of human beings: 1) what they do, 2) what they know, and 3) the objects or things they have made and used. Explain this statement. 7. Explain the following statement: Language is an element of culture. 8. Explain the following statement: a performing art can function of a means of a ritual. 9. What are the relations between arts and visual communication in the social life? 10. Explain the following statement: Space is another notion that is completely tied to cultural considerations. In the West people value privacy very highly, and in recent years the idea of respecting someones personal space has become a common idiom. For Westerners privacy is defined in terms of a space where we can do anything we want, without being observed or bothered by other people. 11. Explain the following statement: Many people believe that the language of gestures and emotions is universal; they believe that communication means speaking, and that misunderstandings only arise with speaking.

NOTES:
1. Five questions from each group will be chosen, so there will be ten (10) questions in the Final Exam. 2. Time allocated to answer the ten questions of the Final Exam is 100 minutes. 3. Each answer should be in essay type and written in good handwriting. 4. For each question which contains the instruction Explain, here is the expectation of the answer: giving a detailed explanation of a statement or idea, OR giving a set of reasons for a certain situation or attitude/behaviour, supported with examples (Liz Hamp-Lyons and Ben Heasley, Study Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. p. 141). 5. Each answer should be supported by the referred written resources with complete data of publication. 6. Please bring all written resources you need. 7. Borrowing written resources from other examinees during exam is not allowed, as this will disturb them.