ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the current state of both communication and culture in the Arabic language classroom. In particular, it talks about the need for all teachers to carefully plan the integration of culture and intercultural communication (IC) into the curriculum. The chapter addresses the need for alignment between language and culture with regard to what is appropriate at each level of learning. It discusses the frameworks developed by the Council of Europe for languages, the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR), and it briefly illustrates through figures the main content of the latter, i.e., the ILR. The chapter includes some discussion about the use of can-dos and multimedia learning objects for evaluating performance and concludes with its final and most important recommendation for the future of foreign language and culture learning.
