Effects of the Cultural Element on ELT and EFL Students’ Learning: Case of Master’s One EFL Students at Tlemcen University

Abstract

This research is designed for the sake of the discovering the influence of the target culture on both ELT and EFL students learning. The researcher chose the Master One EFL students to be her informants. The research takes place at the department of foreign languages , Tlemcen University The first part of the study was theoretical where some definitions along with the relationship between language and culture were provided by the investigator. The researcher also shed light on the essential role that culture plays during the process of language teaching and learning. Nevertheless, the goals of culture teaching set by different authors were also reviewed. Finally, the researcher concluded by mentioning the several effects that the target culture may have on students ‘language learning and teaching as a whole. The second chapter ,however, was rather practical devoted to examine to what extent are the students influenced by the culture of the target language and what are their attitudes towards culture learning. The researcher chose Master one EFL students to be her informants. The data were both quantitatively and qualitatively collected using means of questionnaire and teachers interview. The results indicate that Culture has a deep impact on the way students learn the target language and that they show a positive attitudes towards culture learning. On the light of these results, the researchers suggested a number of implications.