Local Culture in the Foreign Language Classrooms: An Exploratory Study of Teacher

Authors

  • Intakhab A.Khan King Abdulaziz University Jeddah-SAUDI ARABIA

Keywords:

culture, cultural factors, , learning environment, pedagogues, local culture, target language.

Abstract

Language learning needs a favourable setting. Cultural factors are among those that affect the outcomes. English language learning is not an easy task especially when the learning environment is not conducive. Learning of any language can

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2016-01-03

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A.Khan, I. (2016). Local Culture in the Foreign Language Classrooms: An Exploratory Study of Teacher. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 25(1), 97–122. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/5054

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2016)

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