This picture illustrates the main aim of my foreign language classes: to give my students the essential knowledge about the world. With knowledge about the world, I refer to culture, traditions, politics, etc., basically everything that is understood under the term 'otherness'.  The foreign language should become a vehicle of communication. I am sure that interest in the target culture will raise their motivation to learn the new language. In addition, being confronted with other identities make them negotiate and renegotiate their self in relation to the larger social world. The most important benefit of the cultural and communicative knowledge is the open-mindedness that students will develop. An open mind enables students to see the world in many shades of color, are more tolerant, listen without judging and consider all sides of an issue, built trust and expands their relationships.