Teachers’ Attitudes towards Teaching English Proverbsas a Strategy to Raise Learners’ Cultural Awareness

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the teachers’ attitudes towards teaching English proverbs as a strategy to raise students’ cultural awareness. It aimed also to investigate whether proverbs are used as a part of English foreign language teaching at the Departement of English, University of Jijel. The present research work revolved around the basic hypothesis that if English as a Foreign Language teachers hold positive attitudes towards teaching English proverbs they would use them as a strategy to raise students’ cultural awareness. To this end, a questionnaire was administered to teachers at the Department of English in an attempt to reveal their attitudes towards teaching English Proverbs as a strategy to raise cultural. After analysing the teachers’ answers, the results reveal that the vast majority of teachers hold positive attitudes towards teaching English proverbs. In addition, the respondents reported that teaching proverbs might serve as useful strategy to raise students’ cultural awareness.