(Re-)Considering Intercultural Learning In the Algerian Secondary Schools in Relation to Textbooks,Teachers and learners

Abstract

Teaching culture should be an essential part of teaching English as a foreign language because one of the main aims of teaching a foreign language is intercultural communicative competence (ICC).The present research is an attempt to examine the way an intercultural learning is adopted in the curriculum; this issue is illustrated with reference to first year secondary school textbooks and questionnaires oriented to both teachers and learners.The analysis of the previous textbook My New Book Of English and The current one “At The Crossroads “ demonstrates that the cultural component is slightly covered within the current textbook unlike the previous one .Moreover, the results obtained from the analysis of the teacher’ questionnaire reveal that most of them preffer the ancient textbook which involved an effective content that combine the linguistic competency with the intercultural communicative one .Based these results , a number of recommendations and suggestions are presented in order to help learners and teachers be aware of the importance of intercultural competence in EFL learning and teaching.