چکیده (انگلیسی):

The teaching of culture has become gradually more significant for all teachers involved in
language education; it has been referred as the “hidden curriculum” of foreign language
teaching. Because of limited time available in the classroom and curriculum constraints, the
inclusion of cultural lessons often comes second to the teaching of the language at all levels of
education. This paper will discuss the inclusion of foreign films to develop culture-based contexts
for language in the classroom. While the description of the course focuses on Italian-language
students who have achieved intermediate-mid or intermediate-high oral proficiency, according to
the ACTFL oral proficiency guidelines, the article describes how the principles illustrated can be
adapted for use with other languages and at other levels of instruction.