Abstract

The paper illustrates the integration of the mother culture of students belonging to the Serbian speech community and the culture of the English language studied as a foreign language. The particular illustrations refer to classes based on text and dialogue by means of which the mother culture of the students is put into constant interaction with the culture of the English language. The technique has actually been tested in a language classroom where English is a foreign language and the students are of a multicultural and multilingual background. In brief, the integration of the mother culture and the culture of the English language proves to be of utmost importance in the process of learning English as it can further the process and make the study of English more successful