On November 24th, 2021, the seminar entitled “Cultural elements in Compact Preliminary for school textbook” was presented by Tran Thi Hai M.A – a lecturer of the Department of Professional English, Faculty of Education & Foreign Languages.

This study was intended to examine the cultural elements presented in Compact Preliminary For School book published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. The research was a quantitative method, conducted to give a brief account of how culture was treated according to the checklist designed by Cortazzi and Jin (1999). The checklist focus on the kind of cultural elements given to various countries and cultural categories in the book. The finding shows that the book was classified as an international cultural target book in which students are exposed to various kinds of cultures such as English-speaking culture and international culture. The cultural elements are quite broad and easy to access. The book reveals elements of cultural elements that promote students’ cultural awareness. The study supports teachers to adjust teaching content when teaching English language skills.