Around the Globe

This textbook for secondary-school students represents an attempt to put into practice recent theories of language learning such as task-based learning and content-based teaching. It provides information about the most significant and topical aspects of life in English-speaking countries, together with their history and geography. Learning a language not only through skills-based tasks but also by means of the exploration of cultural topics is a powerful tool in enhancing student involvement and motivation. Moreover, as confirmed by experts such as Byram, Gribkova and Starkey (2002), an international dimension to language learning enables students to develop their Intercultural Communication Competence (ICC) as well as their language competence.