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Culture is being reconceptualized to respond to the different needs of the learners of foreign, second and heritage languages. Citizens of nation states need to learn the languages of citizens of other nation states, or foreign languages, for reasons either of employment or of national security. New immigrants to industrialized countries need to be integrated into the host societies by learning the host language as a second language. Long time resident immigrants feel the need to learn the language of their ancestors as a heritage language in order to reconnect with their roots. In all three cases, culture is seen as the indispensable key to understanding speakers’ verbal behaviors and worldviews and the way they position themselves vis-à-vis others both in history and in the social structure.