and linguistic behavior. Such varieties are both endo- and exonormative. The expanding circle includes those nations that acknowledge the importance of English as an International Language. Historically, they do not belong to that group of countries which were colonized by members of the inner circle, and English doesn't have any special intranational status or function. They constitute the context in which English is taught as a 'foreign' language as the most useful vehicle of international communication. These are 'norm-dependent' varieties, and are essentially exonormative in Kachru's terms. Consequently, to research cultural content in TEFL, cultural content can be classified into 3 categories: the culture of inner circle, the culture of outer circle, the culture of expanding circle. In the current study, Chinese culture will be set as the fourth type of culture as native culture.
初中英语教科书中多元文化内容选择的分析(4):http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_66057.html