FOREIGNERS’PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS INDONESIAN CULTURE: A PIECE OF STUDY ON CCU

Culture is never-ended and interesting topic to discuss. This study attempts to examine the opinion of foreigners towards Indonesian culture including language, having parties, invitations, getting attention, giving gifts, and so on. There are statements about life style including habit and language used in Indonesia that should be responded by respondents. The respondents are Darmasiswa students, those who got scholarship from Indonesian government to learn bahasa Indonesia and culture in Indonesia. They have averagely stayed in Indonesia for at least nine months. The finding is that there are some aspects of Indonesian culture welcomed by foreigners, whereas the others are not