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This study describes the factors that enhance students’ argumentation when participating in culture-based discussions at an undergraduate EFL British Culture course. The research was conducted in a Foreign Languages Teaching Degree at a university in Northwestern Colombia. The objective was to identify the components that aided participants to build and elaborate arguments in culture-driven discussions. Socratic questioning was an integral element of the discussions. To attain the purpose of this research, a qualitative case study design was employed. Findings showed that the factors that facilitated the construction of argumentative processes in culture discussions can potentially be peer scaffolding, previous knowledge, inquiry, activism, and connection to participants’ reality.