Exploring questions of why, what, and how to best teach English as an international language (EIL) and cultures, the authors propose an integrated model to suit non-native English contexts in the Asia Pacific.

Shen Chen is a multilingual teacher educator at University of Newcastle, Australia. In his teaching career of 35 years, he taught in Nanjing Normal University, China, and Melbourne University and Deakin University in Australia before he moved to University of Newcastle in 1993. Since then, he has been a research fellow and a visiting professor in Cambridge University, Warwick University, UK, University of California, Berkeley, USA, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of Hong Kong, Nanjing University, Beijing Language and Culture University, China. He has published widely in language education.

Thi Thuy Le is currently teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language), EIL (English as an International Language), and Intercultural Communication at the University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS-VNU). She received her PhD from the University of Newcastle, Australia. She was selected for the Solidarity Award by the Conference Committee at the 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2017. She was one of the 14 award winners, and the only winner representing Australian universities. Her research interests lie in the areas such as intercultural communication, EFL/ESL teacher education, and curriculum development.

1. Introduction: A Perplexing Problem

2. Historical Development of Culture Pedagogy

3. Teaching Culture for Education: A Model in the UK

4. Teaching Culture for Interaction: A Model in the USA

5. Teaching Culture for Globalisation: A Model in Europe

6. Teaching Culture for Localisation: A Model in Asia

7. Developing an Integrated Model of Teaching Culture

8. Summary and Conclusion