Culture in Spanish as a Foreign Language Classes

This article pleads for the use of cultural elements in Spanish as a foreign language classes due to the close connection between the different components of an efficient communication: language, social, cultural, discursive, strategic skills, that are involved when interacting with native speakers in concrete, real contexts. Teaching and learning cultural elements contribute to the acquisition of knowledge, improve communication skills, open windows to a new world and create values and expectations, which is one of the objectives of education.