TY  - JOUR
TI  - A study on ELT students‟ cultural awareness and attitudes towards incorporation of target culture into language instruction
AB  - Culture and language are inseparable from each other as both in combination reflect shared cultural propertiessuch as values, behaviours, and attitude inherent in the society we live and in language patterns we use. In thisrespect, it is highly valuable to integrate cultural elements into language education for interculturalunderstanding and welcoming different cultures. The aim of this research was to explore the attitudes of Turkishuniversity students at the English Language Teaching (ELT) Department towards culture and its integration intolanguage teaching and their cultural awareness and to reveal if birthplace, gender, experience abroad and highschool graduated had any influence on their attitudes. Data were collected from 96 participants through aquestionnaire consisting of three parts (i.e. demographic information, multiple-choice questions, and 5-pointLikert-type scale). For data analysis, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage and means), one-way ANOVAand post-hoc test were conducted via SPSS and open-ended items were qualitatively analyzed. Overall, findingsof the study yielded positive attitudes of significant numbers of ELT students towards culture and itsincorporation in language teaching regardless of their birthplace, the type of high school, and the experienceabroad. As for gender, female students had more positive attitudes towards culture than males. Additionally,participants were found to learn culture mainly to develop their cultural awareness and maintain bettercommunication with people from different cultures. In the light of findings, necessary implications wereprovided for teachers and teacher educators regarding raising cultural awareness of students and developingpositive attitudes towards incorporation of target culture into language instruction.
AU  - ATASEVER BELLİ, SERAP
PY  - 2018
JO  - Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SN  - 1305-578X
SP  - 102
EP  - 124
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/318056
ER  -