This master’s thesis deals with cultural elements in three Macedonian language textbooks for foreigners: Sуница учебник по македонски јазик за странци – средно рамниште (Aleksova 2012), Добре дојдвте на македонски јазик (Ajdinska Papazovska 1999), and Почетен курс по македонски јазик (Bicevska 1995). The aim of the research is to determine the ways and means of representation of cultural elements in the textbooks. The paper consists of ten chapters organized into a theoretical and a research part. The theoretical part of the work is dedicated to defining the basic concepts of culture and language, interpreting the relationship between language and culture, determining language competences and the role of teachers and textbooks in foreign language teaching. In the second part of the paper, a qualitative and quantitative analysis of cultural elements in the mentioned textbooks is carried out. The analysis is carried out with the aim of verifying the hypothesis according to which Macedonian language textbooks deal with elements of minimalist and maximalist culture (as defined by Galisson 1988). The final chapters are followed by a discussion and a presentation of the conclusions based on the research.