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Makale Özeti:
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Abstract: Culture teaching in EFL classrooms has been widely
investigated by researchers, program developers and teachers.
Having been regarded as challenging in terms of both instructional
and pedagogical aspects, it still occupies a remarkable place in
EFL classrooms. To this end, the primary concern of this study is
to discuss culture and culture teaching in general terms through the
eyes of English language instructors and preparatory students.
Moreover, to capture the great number of potential angles, the
contribution of the course book “English File” to culture teaching
is also explored. To serve this purpose, a mixed method research
design was adopted to reveal whether there was a conscious
culture teaching at a preparatory school of a state university in
Turkey. Within this scope, 15 English language instructors and
122 learners were randomly selected to respond a questionnaire in
addition to semi- structured interviews. Triangulation was
achieved through qualitative, quantitative data, and document
analysis which provides rich insights on culture in language
classrooms. While quantitative data was analyzed via SPPS
program, qualitative data was gone through content analysis.
Incorporating both qualitative and quantitative data obtained from
considerable number of respondents, the study revealed that both
instructors and students agreed that culture is to be taught in
language classrooms. With the central aim being to cover all
relevant ideas with regards to culture, this study highlights that
instructors need to develop appropriate methodology in order to
make their learners aware of cultural differences which merits
serious consideration.
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