The Use of Reading Texts to Teach Cultural Elements in EFL Classes

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Anahtar Kelimeler

• English Teaching
• Reading Texts
• Cultural Elements
• Culture
• University Students

The Use of Reading Texts to Teach Cultural Elements in EFL Classes

Abstract

In today’s global world, the rising role of communication paves the way for developing language teaching process. One of the most important factors in language teaching is considering language as a whole. It is not only a set of rules, instead it is developing and changing, as well as the culture of the community. The cultural side of language is a significant part of language teaching but generally ignored. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of using reading texts in the book titled ‘Select Readings’ to teach cultural elements in EFL classes for 1st grade students at university. For the study carried out during the academic year of 2011-2012, 30 students studying at 1st grade have been chosen randomly. In order to test the development of cultural knowledge between the pre-test and post-test applications of the students, who participated in the study, a cultural knowledge testing is used that has been designed by the researcher. The research has been conducted with pre-test post-test model without a control group method; for the analysis of the findings SPSS 15.0 software program has been used. When the results of the test which has been designed by the researcher and conducted before and after the activities analyzed, the findings are gathered. At the end of the study it is concluded that there is a significant effect of teaching cultural elements in reading texts to the cultural knowledge of the university students.

Keywords

• English Teaching
• Reading Texts
• Cultural Elements
• Culture
• University Students

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