INSERTING LOCAL CULTURE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO

PROMOTE CHARACTER EDUCATION

Siti Sudartini
Faculty of Languages and Arts Sciences Yogyakarta State
University email: ssudartini@yahoo.com

Abstract: This study attempts to critically analyze the practices of foreign

language teaching parti- cularly English which commonly pay less attention to the
accompanying intercultural communication and also to propose an alternative solution to
support and promote the character education in this country. It is commonly believed
that the practices of the English language teaching are always accompanied by the
insertion of foreign cultural values which are not always in harmony with our own values.
In line with the national education goals, it seems that the most possible way to overcome this
problem is by integrating the Indonesian local cultural values in the practices of the
English language teaching to promote character education, which is commonly believed
to play important roles in encouraging, improving, and maintaining the spirit of nationalism
of our future generation.

Analysis
This study attempts to critically analyze the practices of foreign language teaching
parti- cularly English which commonly pay less attention to the accompanying intercultural
communication and also to propose an alternative solution to support and promote the
character education in this country. It is commonly believed that the practices of the
English language teaching are always accompanied by the insertion of foreign cultural
values which are not always in harmony with our own values. In line with the national
education goals, it seems that the most possible way to overcome this problem is by
integrating the Indonesian local cultural values in the practices of the English language
teaching to promote character education, which is commonly believed to play important
roles in encouraging, improving, and maintaining the spirit of nationalism of our future
generation.

Tenses : simple present

Error : parti- cularly (particularly), pay (pays)
Class of words : Noun = study, practices, language, teaching,
English, attention accompanying,
communication, propose, alternative,
solution, character, education, country,
insertion, values, harmony, line, national,
education, goals, most, way, problem,
integrating, Indonesian, local, cultural,
roles, encouraging (gerund), improving
(gerund), maintaining (gerund), spirit,
nationalism, future, and generation.
: Verb = attempts, critically, analyze, pay, support,
promote, believed (v3), accompanied (v3),
 own, seems, overcome, and play.
: Adverb = particularly, commonly, also, and always.
: Adjective = foreign, intercultural, cultural, possible,
and important.
: Preposition = of, in, and by
: Conjunction = which (subordinating conjunction), with
and, that (subordinating conjunction)
: Article = the, a, an
Note:
 Gerund is v1 + ing that is used as noun, so the used of gerund is the same as
noun. Gerund can be used as subject, object, or complement.
 V3 is past participle
 Subordinating conjunction is conjunction that is used for connecting between
subordinate clause and main clause it indicate time, place, clause, purpose,
limitation, or condition.s
 Definite article (the) is used to definite noun and it is put in front of definite
noun, countable noun or uncountable noun
 Indifinate article (a/an) is apposite of definite article (the). “a” is used before
consonant or vowel with sound consonant. “an” is opposite of “a”

BLACK NOTE:

 “Am, is, are, was, and were “are auxiliary for connecting subject and predicate
for building nominal present tense, past simple tense and passive voice present
simple and past simple.