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Abstract
In the quest for accelerating globalization, societies are becoming more multilingual and multicultural. Many countries have therefore invested resources in foreign language education to meet the needs for intercultural understanding. The recurring problem, however, is that the traditional approach to foreign language teaching views culture as a secondary priority, honing students’ linguistic competence at the expense of their intercultural competence development. This paper intends to demonstrate that language and culture are inextricably intertwined. It will also discus how cultural literacy fits into a language-learning curriculum. Finally it will discuss the importance of “Linguo-cultural teaching” and the strategies that ideally bridge between linguistic content and cultural information in a lively and engaging context to promote effective teaching of language and culture seamlessly.