Résumé:
The present work is concerned with the incorporation of culture in the middle
School curriculum in English- as foreign language- classes. More specifically, some
consideration will be given to the how of teaching culture. It will be demonstrated
that teaching a foreign language is not a matter of teaching structures, vocabulary and
expressions, but it is mainly to incorporate some cultural elements; which are
interwoven with language. This work consists of: introduction, three chapters and
conclusion. The introduction gives a general view of what is going to be investigated.
The first chapter deals with the theoretical implementation that enlightens what
culture is, why and how we teach it. The second chapter, concerns the methodological
design and data collection which were based on questionnaires addressed to teachers
and learners, interviews, and class observation of three middle schools in
Mostaganem Ketrouci Mohemed (Mesra), the New Middle School (Siret) and
Bensadoun (Mostagsnem). The third chapter gives the results of the experiment, the
analysis and the interpretation of the data. It seems that there is no standard way of
teaching the target lessons, no materials available. Besides, the learners prefer to
study some topics and show no motivation with others. Also, the chapter supplies the
reader with some suggestions and substitutions of the non-valid facts; there must be
solutions to the large number classes, the overloaded curriculum, the methods of
teaching culture and the topics that do not interest the learners. Finally, the conclusion
sums up all what was dealt with in the whole work.
