There is a believe that practices of English language teaching always insertion of foreign culture which are not always in line with our cultural values. Teachers as an agent of education which have the biggest role in education have to overcome foreign culture which are not relevance with our cultural values. One of the ways that can be used to overcome foreign culture is by integrating the Indonesian local culture in practices English language teaching. Teachers can also improve and maintain the spirit of nationalism of our next generation.
Keywords: Acculturation, local culture, teaching, English language, character education.
The role of education in development of a nation Education plays the significant role in the development of a nation. It is an investment that lays the foundation for future economic growth and development of a country. Education is a process of transferring knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits from someone (teacher) to others (students). It usually under the guidance of teachers, but students may also educate themselves in
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There could be several reasons for such phenomena. The first is that our teenagers usually need new things. Unfortunatey, Indonesian culture does not generally offer such new things as much as Western culture does. In other words, Western culture fits Indonesian teenagers well, especially adolescent girls who usually try to imitate how Western people dress up. The second is that in general Indonesian teenagers feel curbed by their tradition that cannot give them better life. Because of this feeling, they try to satisfy themselves by adopting Western culture that they believe is full of new things created by their customs and traditions. The third is that teenagers generally want to appear differently by adoting new customs with new life styles. They believe that such life styles would satisfy them, make them more joyful and creative. They also believe that those life styles are suitable to be