Teachers’ Perceptions of English Culture in Secondary School EFL Classes in Adrar Les perceptions de la culture anglaise chez les enseignants d’anglais langue étrangère au secondaire à Adrar

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore the perceptions of some EFL teachers on the integration of culture related activities in the secondary schools in the wilaya of Adrar. Two instruments of data collection (questionnaire and interviews) were used to achieve the aim of the study and 20 EFL teachers participated in it. The findings of the research reveal that the participants are aware of the interrelationship that exists between culture and language though their current classroom activities do not depict their perceptions; the teachers believe that their students are highly motivated when incorporating culture-based activities. However, due to time restraints, overloaded curriculum and scarcity of didactic tools, they underuse such activities; some teachers are reluctant to teach the cultural aspects of English and state that the official course books’ contents do not represent the foreign culture appropriately.