I suspect that for some who come from a modest social background, a feeling of inferiority or uncertainty about their own culture might lead them to reject culture altogether from language classes. However, these same students would find it quite all right for immigrants to learn not only the language but also the culture of their host country. Others, who come from a more middle class background, are eager to learn about exotic cultures but are reluctant to see themselves as cultural beings: they see their culture as universal and they learn another language and culture primarily to better appreciate their own (that is how I learned German in France in the fifties). Yet others, indeed a majority of learners of English around the world, are keen on learning the language precisely because it gives them access to a culture that they admire and a lifestyle they aspire to