An instructional module designed to help prepare college-level teaching assistants (TAs) for their duties in second language instruction is presented. The module's purpose is to broaden the concept of culture in language teaching beyond the focus traditionally found in college and university foreign language departments, using a behavioral and social science approach and accommodating two trends in second language learning and teaching: the inclusion of culture content in the new national standards for K-12 foreign language teaching, and the restructuring of college language programs to meet the interests of students who seek to use a second language in wider, interdisciplinary contexts. Sections address these topics: the definition of culture; different approaches to culture (belles-lettres, social sciences, foreign language); establishing expected learning outcomes for cultural education; determining the cultural content of language courses; classroom techniques for teaching culture; and assessing cultural learning. Contains 76 references. (MSE)