Aspects of English Culture in Enterprise I-II Course Books to Secondary Grammar School Students in Hungary

The subject of this dissertation is to examine the culture-related issues of the English language in Enterprise I-II course books, written by Virginia Evans and and Jenny Dooley. These books are pre-intermediate course books to secondary grammar school students. The Enterprise Series are colorful, well-structured and combine the best traditional and contemporary approaches of language teaching. This dissertation is divided into three parts: The first part tries to give a short overview about culture. It collects the most important ideas and explains the importance of teachingthe culture of the second language. The second part of this dissertation is a research which examins the teachers’ and students’ opinions about teaching and learning English culture.This part also analyzes the competence of Enterprise I-II course books concerning cultural materials. The third part, the last part of my dissertation, is the conclusion that summarizes the experiences and contains further recommendations.egyetemiangol nyelv és irodalom szakos tanár (kiegészítő levelező képzés