Explores the complex interrelationships between language and culture, between teachers' identities and teaching practices, and between their explicit discussions of culture and implicit modes of cultural transmission in their classes. A six-month study examined how teachers deal with institutional and curricular expectations regarding their…

Educational programs for teachers of English as a Second Language must devote more attention to differences between the standard varieties of American and British English, with instruction focusing on the major orthographic, morphological, syntactic, collocational, and lexical differences. (CB)