ABSTRACT
The fact that foreign language instruction cannot be separated from the foreign cultural domain and that the students come from other cultural domains, needs to be seen as an entry point to promote intercultural communication in the practice of teaching a foreign language in Indonesia, including the English language. This particular study, however, describes the process of integrating one aspect of the Indonesian cultural domain, that is Indonesian character, into English teaching materials. In particular, it tries to answer the questions of types of character to be integrated and how to integrate Indonesian and Western character into English language teaching materials. This was a qualitative study conducted in Yogyakarta Province. This study explores the curriculum and commonly used English textbooks for 10th Grade of senior high schools. The study revealed that the character types being integrated are those containing Indonesian moral values. These moral values are integrated both implicitly and explicitly into the teaching materials by using texts and pictures. In conclusion, presenting Indonesian character in English teaching materials can be one way of introducing foreign language character and Indonesian character, to promote intercultural communication when teaching English as a foreign language in Indonesia.
