The Significance of Introducing Culture in EFL Instruction

EFL students many times made mistakes in using the English expressions and led to misinterpretations or even acceptable message of their utterances. This is due to their lack of cultural awareness or their understanding towards L2 culture. Therefore, EFL teachers should think of how to give position...

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Main Author: Noor Malihah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Negeri Salatiga 2016-06-01
Series:Register Journal
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Online Access:http://journalregister.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/article/view/415
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description EFL students many times made mistakes in using the English expressions and led to misinterpretations or even acceptable message of their utterances. This is due to their lack of cultural awareness or their understanding towards L2 culture. Therefore, EFL teachers should think of how to give position to the L1 and L2 culture in their teaching and learning process of EFL instructions.To solve the problems, there are some approaches used to introduce the target language culture, by knowing the obstacles that the learners frequently made.
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spelling doaj.art-c616dfc18aad4dc588550b24a0ffd38f2023-09-02T20:12:46ZengUniversitas Islam Negeri SalatigaRegister Journal1979-89032503-040X2016-06-011110.18326/rgt.v1i1.415387The Significance of Introducing Culture in EFL InstructionNoor Malihah0IAIN SalatigaEFL students many times made mistakes in using the English expressions and led to misinterpretations or even acceptable message of their utterances. This is due to their lack of cultural awareness or their understanding towards L2 culture. Therefore, EFL teachers should think of how to give position to the L1 and L2 culture in their teaching and learning process of EFL instructions.To solve the problems, there are some approaches used to introduce the target language culture, by knowing the obstacles that the learners frequently made.http://journalregister.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/article/view/415EFL, Cultural, Awareness, Approaches, Obstacles
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