The necessity of teaching culture in English as a foreign language courses: Iranian perspective

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Öz Please fill up the following information accurately. (Please use Times New Roman, 12 pt. The necessity of teaching culture in English as a foreign language courses: Iranian perspective The connection between language and culture has always been a concern of L2 teachers and educators. Whether culture of the target language is to be incorporated into L2 teaching has been a hotly debated issue. Mostly it has been emphasized that without the study of culture, teaching L2 is inaccurate and incomplete. This study was conducted to find out what students think about the effects of the culture class they attended. As a result of the study, a significant similarity between the students’ views and the theoretical benefits of a culture class as argued by some experts in the field was observed. Information about Author(s)* Author 1 Author (Last name, First name) Solgi, FarzanehAffiliated institution (University) Imam Sadiq UniversityCountry Iran Email address [email protected] & Rank Applied LinguisticsCorresponding author (Yes/No) Write only one corresponding author. No Author 2 Author (Last name, First name) Tafazoli, DaraAffiliated institution (University) University of CordobaCountry Spain Email address [email protected] & Rank University of CordobaCorresponding author (Yes/No) Yes Author 3 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No) Author 4 Author (Last name, First name) Affiliated institution (University) Country Email address Department & Rank Corresponding author (Yes/No)