TO WHAT EXTENT KURDISH STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN THE TARGET LANGUAGE’S CULTURE IN THEIR ENGLISH CLASSES

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  • Noora Ahmed Dept. of Special Education, Collage of Basic Education, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v13n2a1276

Abstract

Language and culture are assumed to strongly be connected to each other. Learning a target language means learning its culture too as a part of the language learning process which many language learners in different parts of the world are still ignoring it. As for the Kurdish learners, it is essential to teach culture within the language teaching classrooms. This study deals with the necessity and needs of teaching culture in the language classrooms in Kurdistan. The interviews results showed that Kurdish people confronted a general cultural barrier and difficulties when they go to a foreign country whether for living, work or study. Also, Kurdish learners need to learn the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in their classrooms to acquire skills and knowledge for intercultural communications also accept the cultural differences to prevent them from a cultural shock and cope with the new environment easily. Moreover, the cultural aspects that the interviewees learnt before in their classrooms were not useful at all because they were general stereotypes which didn’t match the real-life culture. Finally, all the interviewees agreed that teaching communicative and real lifestyle culture is needed in the English language classrooms in Kurdistan.

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2024-06-30

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Ahmed, N. (2024). TO WHAT EXTENT KURDISH STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN THE TARGET LANGUAGE’S CULTURE IN THEIR ENGLISH CLASSES. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 13(2), 509–518. https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v13n2a1276

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2024)

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