THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHING CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN INDONESIA: POSSIBILITIES WITHIN LIMITATIONS

Abstract

Language and culture are inseparable-consequently when people learn a certain language, English as foreign language for example, they to be familiar with the culture of the people whose language being learnt. However, as English now belongs to the word as its lingua france, spoken by several different nationalities, the problem of introducting culture into English as Foreign Language (EFL) learning and teaching is perplexing.