Integrating Cultural Materials In English Language Classrooms

Résumé: Teaching English as a foreign language is not only a matter of mastering the basic structure of the language such as grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, syntax and so on. Communication is not fully adequate and meaningful unless the language culture is explored. Technology has revolutionised the world and made it possible to bring the foreign culture into the foreign language classroom. Students now in Algeria or in any part of the globe are able to listen to English from its native speakers thanks to the different social media. Several audio-visual tools are used by teachers as well to make courses seem real-life situations and engage students in a native-like atmosphere. To illustrate the cultural content in a foreign language textbook, the article sheds light on the various tasks and assignments which should carry the native speakers home culture, and the digital devices such as overhead projectors and data shows, videos related to lessons which have changed the English is learned in the classroom.

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