This paper presents the role of etnopoetic in the form of verbal art performance like parikan and kidungan, in Javanese context, in the teaching and learning process. Parikan which is rich of character value can be used as a path way to convey moral messages to our students as well as to arouse their affective domain as stated in the curriculum 2013. The existence of etnopoetic like folklore, nursery rhyme, parikan and kidungan is expected to be able to maintain our local wisdom in the areas of education specifically in the teaching English as a Foreign Language. This paper also elaborates how the teacher employs this verbal art performance in the form of Folklore, nursery rhyme, folklore, parikan and kidungan as a part of building students character in EFL classroom by using these following stages: first, building knowledge of field; second, modeling of poetry text; third, ganre analysis; fourth, implied meaning of poetry; fifth, continuation and implementation.
Keywords: incorporating, ethnopoetic, EFL classroom