ijers 1308-9501 1308-9501 Eğitim Araştırmaları Birliği Derneği Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception towards the Position of Culture in English Language Teaching in Indonesia Yansyah Fikri State Islamic University Raden Fatah Palembang. 12 22 2018 9 4 1 8 12 27 2017 11 05 2019 Copyright © 2010, 2010

This study was reasoned to find out the Pre-Service of English teachers’ perception towards the position of culture in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Indonesia. The subject of this study was 100 students of English Education Study Program of State Islamic University Raden Fatah Palembang that were chosen randomly. This study employed the adapted Questionnaire from Al-Tamimi and Shuib (2009) which developed by Mahboudi and Javdani (2012) to obtain the data. The results data were presented in the form of percentages and inferences. It revealed from this study that the Pre-Service of English teacher in Indonesia realized the important position of culture in ELT in Indonesia. Lastly, this research was concluded with some important points and also the significant recommendation.

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