The value of encouraging interaction in the EFL classroom has been well documented in the
literature and numerous methods have been indicated as being beneficial in this respect.
Similarly, there is also a growing recognition of the value of incorporating social and cultural
learning about the target language and its speakers into the EFL curriculum. In line with
Vygotsky’s view that learning is social construction that occurs when individual integrate and
participate in activities and knowledge sharing, this would suggest that incorporating cultural
and social learning into the language learning classroom can increase the integration of
students. Drawing on definitions of culture, highlighting potential routes to providing
information about target language culture and identifying the connections between cultural
knowledge and language proficiency and communicative competence, the perspective is put
forward that social and cultural learning can lead to increased integration in the EFL
classroom
