Book excerpt: The process of rethinking the way we integrate language and culture instruction engages the identities, values, and expectations of teachers and learners alike. Teaching Culture: Perspectives in Practice offers multiple viewpoints on the inter-relationship between language and culture and how they serve to teach meaning, offer a lens of identity, and provide a mechanism for social participation. Authentic classroom experiences engage the reader and offer teachers invaluable support as they expand their ideas about how language and culture work together. Book jacket.