DECONSTRUCTION OF LINGUISTICS IMPERIALISM IN INDONESIA’S SCHOOL: OVERSEEING THE ELT TEXTBOOKS
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For over a decade, the unceasing dissemination of English as a global language, consciously or
not, has influenced the concepts of the ELT across the world. Some countries persist in the
adaptation of the concepts of EFL or ESL in their practical ELT contexts wherein the cultures of the
inner-circle countries, like the US and the British, are still dominant in their teaching materials.
Others; however, prefer to alternate the ELT concepts to either EIL or ELF in their own teaching
contexts in which the cultural contexts in the teaching materials are the integrations of the
cultures of the inner-circles, the outer-circle, and the expanded countries or the international
cultures along with their own local cultures. This paper aimed to overview the deconstruction of
the formulation concepts of the cultural dominance in the ELT textbook in the context of
Indonesia’s high schools. This review addresses the dichotomies of the concepts of EFL/ESL, EIL
and ELF along with the cultural dominances embedded on the conceptual terms. This study is
literature -based research when collecting data through extensive and critical reading and analysis of
existing academic works related to ELT, cultural representation, and linguistic imperialism. This
study draws on existing academic works to explore how the hegemony of English is embedded in
English textbooks. The result of this study shows that the linguistics imperialism continues shaping the
materials and sources of ELT textbooksin Indonesia. The content and structed of Indonesian ELT textbooks
highlight the cultural values and perspective of inner-circle countries. Although EFL concept is still dominated
in Indonesian context, there is a growing awareness of the need to shift towards more inclusive curriculum
when local content and perspective more embedded. Further, this research elucidates critical
reflections on an ideology, economy, and politics of language the linguistics Imperialism, as well
as possible recommendation to what possible, applicable concepts should be adjusted to the
Indonesia’s ELT textbook.
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