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<p align="center"><em>Foreign language teaching in Indonesia has not been giving enough contribution to the mastery of foreign language skill for Indonesian students. Many of the strategies and models have been practiced and developed since last two decades for all level of students but the result of the strategies were not effective yet. The big question to be answered is “why” and “what” might cause the problem of language teaching failure. Based on several researches and theoretical frame work of language teaching there might be a forgotten factor which is very interesting to be included into the models and strategies; it is local wisdom value which consists of local culture, local language and local genius. This article discusses about how and what to combine between the two models of language teaching models by integrating Minangkabau culture perspective. The combination and the development of this strategy will give significant contribution to the mastery of foreign language especially in West Sumatera and Malay speakers in several separated areas. </em></p>