Cultural Imperialism On Algerian Middle School

Résumé: One significant role of contemporary education and schooling is spreading the cultural aspects of any society. With this in mind, the paper's aim is to investigate whether the algerian curriculum of english language expose young generation to values and believes that help them in the process of building their national /local identity western culture. Or on contrary, it promotes for the Western culture. The data for the study comes from the core curriculum of algerian public schooling (first, second, third and four years levels). The study uses critical discourse analysis as methodological tool for the sake of examining both texts and images, with the belief that the images are not less significant than texts in influencing students' identities. The research endeavors that the curriculum of the english language in the algerian middle schools does not reflect the algerian culture. However, it effectively promote for cultural values and patterns that are linked mostly to the british and the american societies. This is what makes it clear that there is a cultural imperialism.

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