In foreign language teaching, socio-linguistic competence, socio-cultural competence and intercultural competence is one of the most important skills that learners are supposed to acquire. Defi coursebook is designed for learners who learn French as a foreign language. In this study, inclusion of cultural elements in French coursebooks Defi A1 and A2 has been analyzed in four cultural aspect categories which are product, person, practise and perspective. In the study, descriptive content analysis method has been used. The units have been evaluated in terms of cultural content and theme, then those themes are categorized according to those four subcategories. The number of themes under each category have been cross-sectionally compared. Most common cultural theme in A1 level is found to be product, practise, perspective and person from the highest to the lowest respectively. As for A2 level distribution of subcategories person was found to be highest then product. Perspective and practise at this level was found to be equally distributed and less than person and product.
sociolinguistic competence, foreign language teaching, French as a foreign language, cultural aspects