Embedding Cultural And Moral Values In Elt Through Cultural Language Learning Approach (CLLA)

English language teaching (ELT) today, has been prior focusing on ‗the language use‘
rather than ‗the language usage‘. This has occurred since three decades ago. This view,
of course, has brought the teachers‘ mindset in their ELT practices wherever they work
for. Besides, the current curriculum used in Indonesia demands the learning content must
embed the knowledge of culture and moral values. Embedding such aspects into ELT
materials is, of course not an easy matter. It is proved by many teachers of English
teaching at any level of study who still get confused on how to provide their teaching
materials that embed both local and/or national culture and moral values as demanded by
the current used curriculum. This case inspires the writer to invite the teachers and
materials designers to discuss about it. This paper aims at providing an illustration on how
to provide teaching materials by embedding the two aspects as written above using
cultural language approach (CLLA). It is presented in the form of oral presentation and
discussion by referring both the ELT theories and the relevant research findings.