مجلة أبحاث
Volume 7, Numéro 2, Pages 821-840
2022-12-31

Exploring Teachers’ Awareness Of Integrating Culture To Promote Efl Learners’ Listening Comprehension

Authors : Bouflih Amira . Mebarki Zehia .

Abstract

The current study aims at exploring teachers’ awareness of the significance of incorporating culture to promote learners’ listening comprehension. Moreover, it endeavours to unearth the strategies they usually adopt and their efficiency in structuring listening activities with the cultural embodiment. To this end, the study is conducted through a mixed-method approach. A Questionnaire and a semi-structured interview are administered to seven first-year oral expression teachers. The results show that the participants admit the crucial role of culture to buttress students’ listening comprehension skills. Nonetheless, the strategies they usually cull are irrelevant. Thereupon, the paper reveals and discusses the main reasons behind this strategic misuse along with pedagogical implications for teachers and policymakers.

Keywords

Culture ; Culture in EFL classroom ; Listening comprehension ; Teaching listening in EFL contexts