Investigating the Students’ Attitudes towards the Role of the Civilisation Course in Raising their Cultural Awareness

Abstract

The present study aims at investigating the attitudes of third year students of English as a foreign language towards the role of the civilisation module in raising their cultural awareness. This investigation is grounded on the hypothesis that the failure of the Algerian university students of English in increasing their cultural awareness when studying civilisation is due mainly to their negative attitudes towards the civilisation module. To achieve the aim of this study, a questionnaire was handed to seventy (70) students enrolled in the department of English at Mohammed Seddik BenYahia University, Jijel. Contrary to the previous assumption, the findings of the present research revealed that a sweeping majority of students hold positive attitudes towards the civilisation course and that this latter helps in increasing their cultural awareness