Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures
Maintaining that language and culture are interwoven to the extent that learning the former is largely dependent on the latter, this study aimed to investigate the attitude of Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners of Tehran South Branch of Islamic Azad University (both undergraduates an...
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| author | Gholam-Reza Abbasian Mojgan Kouhpayehzadeh Gholamreza Asgharpour |
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| description | Maintaining that language and culture are interwoven to the extent that learning the former is largely dependent on the latter, this study aimed to investigate the attitude of Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners of Tehran South Branch of Islamic Azad University (both undergraduates and postgraduates) towards the learning of the cultural aspects of language, both the target and source cultures, in their EFL classrooms. To this end, a quantitative approach was employed and a Likert scale questionnaire was designed. Fifty EFL learners were randomly invited to answer the questionnaire in relation to their attitude being exposed to the culture of target language. The findings of the chi-square test indicated that the Iranian undergraduate and postgraduate EFL learners consider culture as an important element in learning the target language. Both the culture of the source language and the culture of the target language were deemed important while learning a second language. The findings of this study also showed that postgraduate EFL learners have more intension to learn more about the culture of both source and target language than undergraduate EFL learners in Iran. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2720cb333f78470daaaab84e81a3cf4e2022-12-22T03:36:53ZengIslamic Azad University, Tabriz BranchJournal of Applied Linguistics2008-84342538-16952015-05-01816119524572Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source CulturesGholam-Reza AbbasianMojgan KouhpayehzadehGholamreza AsgharpourMaintaining that language and culture are interwoven to the extent that learning the former is largely dependent on the latter, this study aimed to investigate the attitude of Iranian English as Foreign Language (EFL) Learners of Tehran South Branch of Islamic Azad University (both undergraduates and postgraduates) towards the learning of the cultural aspects of language, both the target and source cultures, in their EFL classrooms. To this end, a quantitative approach was employed and a Likert scale questionnaire was designed. Fifty EFL learners were randomly invited to answer the questionnaire in relation to their attitude being exposed to the culture of target language. The findings of the chi-square test indicated that the Iranian undergraduate and postgraduate EFL learners consider culture as an important element in learning the target language. Both the culture of the source language and the culture of the target language were deemed important while learning a second language. The findings of this study also showed that postgraduate EFL learners have more intension to learn more about the culture of both source and target language than undergraduate EFL learners in Iran.http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524572_3544a5720f9acc1f1fe7a3ffb432d29b.pdfEFL learnersTarget CultureSource Culture |
| spellingShingle | Gholam-Reza Abbasian Mojgan Kouhpayehzadeh Gholamreza Asgharpour Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures Journal of Applied Linguistics EFL learners Target Culture Source Culture |
| title | Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures |
| title_full | Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures |
| title_fullStr | Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures |
| title_short | Iranian EFL Learners’ Attitudes towards Target and Source Cultures |
| title_sort | iranian efl learners attitudes towards target and source cultures |
| topic | EFL learners Target Culture Source Culture |
| url | http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524572_3544a5720f9acc1f1fe7a3ffb432d29b.pdf |
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