THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING CULTURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (case of 1.A.S)

Abstract

ix Abstract This study aimed at investigating teaching EFL culture taught to first year Algerian secondary school, more precisely to find out obstacles faced by them when learning culture as well as the effective ways that should be used by their teachers to facilitate learning and how to integrate this process during their learning. In order to conduct this research we administered a questionnaire for both teachers and students for the sake of obtaining the information needed. And a classroom observation to observe if culture was included in the curriculum it was also about the teacher role as well as to the atmosphere about the classroom. This work is composed of three main chapters: the first one provided definition of key concept related to culture teaching and how teachers integrate it during the course. The second chapter concerned the research methodology in which data collection and data analysis take place and the third chapter presented some suggestions for integrating culture in foreign language teaching in addition to the cultural projects to be practiced in the classrooms and ways of integrating culture also the use of authentic materials.