Providing increased motivation and opportunity to learn languages.

The capital city is London and its official currency is the Sterling Pound (£).

The capital city is Washington and the official currency is the dollar ($).

The capital of the country is Ottawa, but the most important cities are Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.

These are daily life activities, traditions and living conditions (e.g in home, school and at festivals), social conventions (e.g. good manners, dressing and meeting people), values, beliefs and attitudes (e.g. what they are proud of, worry about and find funny), use of verbal communication means (e.g. greetings, apologizing, expressing gratitude, embarrassment and love) and lastly, use of non-verbal language (e.g. body language and facial expressions)

Increasing of quantity and availability of translating and interpreting services
Development of an auxiliary language that everyone could understand.
Development an existing language that everyone will understand.

Ben Navis is the highest point and the river Thames and Severn are its main rivers.

Mount McKingley is the highest point. The hydrology is dominated by the River Mississippi and its major tributaries, the rivers Missouri and Ohio.

Cameroon, Malaysia, Singapore, Nigeria or Jamaica.

Involving the classroom into the visual and tangible presence of culture of the English – speaking world incorporating elements such as maps and posters, magazine clippings, realia (stamps, money, etc.), a library corner, displays, etc.

The wide range of different languages spoken in the world hinders international communication provided

Since 1945 immigration from Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia has been a legacy of the British Empire, as well as migration from EU since 2004.

English is “de facto” national language; it is not the official language but it is the language in practical terms.

The Commonwealth is an association of independent countries where English is official language.

highbrow information (history, geography, arts and literature) and lowbrow information (customs and everyday life)

to facilitate communication and interaction among Europeans of different mother tongues in the service of European mobility, mutual understanding and cooperation, and in order to overcome prejudice and discrimination

In the first years of the 2000s, history is marked by participation in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003) invasions. The effects of the War of Terror were bomb explosions in London public transport network that killed 52 people in 2005. In 2007 Gordon Brown ruled a country in economic recession and negative economic growth. Since May 2015, the Conservatives govern in minority under the premiership of Theresa May. As Prime Minister, May began the process of withdrawing the UK from the European Union.

In recent times, USA was attacked by Islamic terrorism in September 11, 2001. In response, USA launched the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. At that time, a global economic recession affected the nation. Barack Obama was elected president on November 4, 2008, who changed the path of the country, turning its policies into more social. In November 2017, Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States.

the partition of the country, with which it was divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This social context was the reason for political fights and terrorist attacks.

One significant difficulty is stereotypes. Guest (2002) has argued that attempts to identify national traits for comparing and contrasting cultures leads to oversimplification. Focusing on national cultural stereotypes ignores the individual and the diverse range of sub-cultures that every individual is part of.

to force upon any community the use of a language which is not naturally spoken in that community.

statutes, important law cases and established practices.

Regarding legislation, it is important to highlight that some states still support capital punishment and death penalty, meanwhile the Constitution allows to bear arms.

The First World War had a devastating effect on Australia. The period between the two world wars was marked by instability. During the Second World War, Australian forces made a significant contribution to the Allied victory. After 1945 Australia entered a boom period: the economy developed strongly.

Language does not exist apart from culture and both constitute an integral part of the curriculum. Indeed, culture should be our message to students and language our medium. Then, educators must provide students with the skills and knowledge to communicate effectively across different languages and with a different set of people belonging to different cultural contexts. (Coste, 2009).