the idea that teaching a foreign language has a cultural dimension isn't new.this study is a review of literature on the importance of the synchronized teaching ofculture and language and the exising challenges in this area.thispaper deals with questions like:what is the aim of teaching culture?what are the constituent components of culture?what aspects of culture should be taught and what...

the present study was aimed at examining concerns about the social effects of efl learning, a challenging area of research which has not been discussed sufficiently. it tried to investigate the relationship between efl learning and national identity. in addition, attempt was made to find a relationship between language motivation types and national identity. furthermore, the role of two demogra...

in today’s multiculturally interconnected world, cultural understanding is the key to communication and a buffer to communication breakdown. that is, the objectives of language learning cannot be viewed as a mainly linguistic task anymore; they should be directed towards achievement of intercultural communicative competence. therefore, the foreign language teachers should utilize and promote th...

From applied linguistic point of view, the fundamental question facing the language teachers, methodologists and course designers is which procedure is more effective in FL/SL: learning to use or using to learn? Definitely, in order to be a competent language user, knowledge of language system is necessary, but it is not sufficient to be a successful language user. That is why there was a gradu...

This study focuses on Saudi teachers’ motivations regarding their choice of oral corrective feedback (OCF) forms, such as recasts, elicitations, and metalinguistic in foreign language (FL) contexts. Many previous studies choices OCF for these choices, have been conducted more communicative contexts where recasts are most commonly used, with the aim keeping communication going. The current study...

In this qualitative study, we aim to gain insight into the stakeholders’ perspectives around inclusion of a mild intellectual disability (MID) student perinatal origin in foreign language (FL) classroom, and their on student’s working conditions, support needed effectively develop basic FL skills. The research hypothesis holds that stakeholders face numerous technical, contextual, formative cha...