Globalization exerts a profound impact on EFL young adolescents particularly their social skills. Currently, this phenomenon can be identified in the daily life practices in which they tended to be egoistic, intolerant, and disrespectful behaviors. To avoid those negative social attitudes, the students should be trained through employing Multimodal pedagogy (MP) to promote critical social awareness. Therefore, this research paper presented three aims, namely: to investigate MP's implementation; find out students' responses; and identify challenges in fostering students' critical social awareness. Using participatory action research, data were collected through classroom observation, document analysis, and interview with both teachers and students. The findings revealed that Multimodal pedagogy integrated with Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) was effectively implemented through various learning strategies such as storytelling, playing videos, role-playing, and critical questioning strategies integrated with analytical, evaluative, and creative skills evidenced in their critical writing. Their critical social awareness were performed through critical opinions, arguments, reasons based on their daily life practices. The majority of students responded positively to the classroom activities, displaying their engagement and favorable feedback during the interview. However, the teachers faced some challenges including less experiences in applying Multimodal pedagogy, insufficient pedagogical and professional knowledge, and less critical thinking skills. To overcome these, the teacher should join some professional development programs by attending workshops and conferences, pursuing further study, improving their critical thinking and social awareness grounded from the students' social life.

Authors:
Nurul Anggraini, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
Sri Setyarini, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia

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Ms. Nurul Anggraini is currently a master student at the Education University of Indonesia (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung).

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