[eng] Culture has always been a controversial topic, especially within the
educational field. Its presence in EFL classrooms is generally either
implicit and almost unnoticeable or directly inexistent. Despite the fact
that the intercultural competence has recently been established as one
of the key competences in multiple international curricula, the aim of
attention is still drawn to merely linguistic aspects. Another forgotten
issue is the introduction of diverse varieties of English, consigned to
oblivion on account of the traditional focus on British or American
standard English. To improve this situation, authentic input is perceived
as a viable and attractive option, especially in the case of audio-visual
materials. Not only will these tools counterbalance the artificiality of
conventional teaching resources in terms of culture and language use,
but they will also offer an overview of the realistic context of cultural
diversity. Besides, being part of adolescents’ pop culture, films and TV
series are a powerful stimulus to students’ motivation. Facilitated by
the considerable number of available digital platforms, the introduction
of this audio-visual input in the EFL subject is an up-to-date topic within
the educational field. Nevertheless, the usage of these visual aids to
teach cultures of different English-speaking countries in secondary
education has not been a very studied topic. Hence, this paper will
formulate a didactic proposal in which secondary learners will examine
and learn various cultural elements of three diverse cultures,
specifically American, British, and Australian culture, through the
screening of several films and TV series’ scenes.