Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Conference on Research in Education, Manisa, Türkiye, 9 Mayıs - 11 Aralık 2019
Culture,
a commonly visited concept in English language teaching research, has been
integral to language classes. There is a broad range of issues to consider such
as which cultural information to teach or how to teach it, which influence
classroom practices. The present study investigated the place of culture for
ten English language instructors teaching
at tertiary level across state and private universities in Turkey. The findings
revealed that the EFL instructors’ opportunities to raise their cultural
knowledge were not satisfactory, and there was a mismatch between their wishes
and practices. This mismatch was mainly attributed to learners’ lack of
motivation/interest and their opportunities for visits abroad. Language
learning was viewed as a way of learning about different cultures. The findings
also indicated that the participants’ conceptualization of culture in English
language classes was predominantly modern, i.e. either as part of the
humanistic (big C) or sociolinguistic (little c) paradigm.