This collection of papers discusses what researchers and classroom teachers think and do about culture in language education. There are nine chapters in two parts. Part 1, "Culture Theory," includes the following: (1) "Common Themes" (Joseph Lo Bianco); (2) "Culture: Visible, Invisible and Multiple" (Joseph Lo Bianco); and (3) "A Conceptual Framework to Help Teachers Identify Where Culture is Located in Language Use" (Chantal Crozet). Part 2, "Theory in Practice," includes (4) "Chinese" (Li Kaining); (5) "How Can We Make Australian English Meaningful to ESL Learners?" (Anne-Marie Barraja-Rohan); (6) "Teaching French Culture in Language Use" (Chantal Crozet and Louise Maurer); (7) "Are Germans Rude or Just Doing Things Differently? Understanding and Teaching Language and Culture" (Winifred Thielmann); (8) "Face Value: Teaching Italian Verbal and Socio-Cultural Interaction" (Piera Carroli, Adriana Pavone, and Vincenza Tudini); and (9) "The Teaching of Culture in Japanese" (Miyuki Toyoda and Shunichi Ishihara). (Papers contain references.) (SM)