The Effects of Socio-cultural Factors on Learning French as a Second language

Abstract

The present research work aims at investigating the potential effects that some socio cultural factors have on learning French as a second language in Algeria. It explores the influences of those factors on third year students of French at Mostaganem university who live in urban cities. These factors are parents’ educational level, parents’ involvement in their children education and the economic-status of the family. The study is divided into three main chapters. The first one is devoted to introducing French as a second language in Algeria and the socio-cultural factors that affect on education. The second chapter is concerned with describing the tool of the investigation and analyzing the students' answers to the questionnaire. The last chapter discusses the findings, suggests some recommendations and notes some limitations of the study. Generally, this paper tries to reveal whether there is a positive or negative relationship between the socio-cultural enviroment of students of French as a second language and their academic achievement.