English as a Global Language Phenomenon and the Need of Cultural Conceptualizations Awareness in Indonesian ELT

English is used across nations resulting in local varieties of English throughout the world. These varieties convey their cultural conceptualizations in their discourse among group of communities. However, different cultural conceptualizations sometimes bring misinterpretation and miscommunication to them. In Indonesia, English is taught and learned as a foreign language. However, the perception towards English is that the learning English means learning western cultures. Looking at English as a global language and its local increasing varieties across the globe, this article attempts to find out the role of culture in teaching and learning of EFL and the consideration of these for Indonesian English teachers to teach cultural conceptualizations from diverse English varieties. It also aims to offer some implications of teaching cultural conceptualizations in ELT classrooms of Indonesia.