摘要：This study explores the representations of the cultural contents in English textbooks used in Indonesian contexts. The data sources for this study were two textbooks for grade 12. The first one was Bahasa Inggris,a textbook published and endorsed by Indonesian government and the other one was Think,an international textbook published by Cambridge. Analyzing the two textbooks in terms of content analysis,we aimed at understanding different cultural sources represented in them. The findings show that the two textbooks have different emphasis regarding the culture they represent in texts and their accompanying visual illustrations. Bahasa Inggris puts the emphasis on global and local cultural sources. Other cultures that are not representative to the two main sources are very limited. On the other hand,Think provides a wide array of representations for global and other cultures but not local Indonesian culture. We end our discussion with a conceptual implication on cultural sources in English language teaching (ELT) materials.
