Abstract

• The purpose of this research was to investigate the culture-related content in the reading texts of Life (pre-intermediate level) student’s book. Descriptive content analysis was used in this research. Twenty-seven reading texts from 12 units of the student’s book were examined. The first step was identifying the sources of cultural information based on the theory proposed by Cortazzi and Jin (1999). The next phase involved analyzing the distribution of cultural dimensions and themes, as categorized by Moran (2001) and Böcü and Razi (2016). The findings revealed the inclusion of both target and international cultural content in the reading texts. However, cultural dimensions were unevenly distributed, with a predominance of “little C” themes such as lifestyle, custom and hobbies over “Big C” themes such as history, geography and architecture. Despite this imbalance, the reading texts offered wide-ranging topics, encouraging students to consider historical, economic, and cultural viewpoints globally.