Abstract
<p>The use of local culture in the teaching of English as a foreign language in Indonesia may lead into consideration since language and culture are interrelated. Local culture in English language teaching enables students to learn English skills well because students are asked to discuss or describe something they know very well. This paper reports the results of an experimental study which was concerned with how well bringing local culture in English Language Teaching could affect students’ writing achievement. Quasi-experimental research applying non-randomized pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The subjects of the study were the students of English Department of College of Teacher Training and Education in Blitar. Class A, which consisted of 23 students, was taught using local culture strategy, and was the experimental group, while class B, which consisted of 25 students was taught without using local culture, and was the control group. The results showed that bringing local culture in English language teaching produced better achievement of the students’ writing skill.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong><em>local culture; writing achievement, English language teaching<strong></strong></em></p>
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