Teachers’ Perceptions of the Significance of Local Culture in Foreign Language Learning

Abstract

Learning takes place in an environment, and environment includes the local culture which is extremely important while learning in general. The question if the local or foreign culture is crucial in the learning process of a foreign language. There isn’t much difference of opinion on the relevance of British culture in an English class, however the usefulness of the local culture (the Saudi culture in this context) is questioned. The present study is a modest attempt towards answering some such questions formulating the basis and the hypotheses for this research.