Towards culture teaching : between necessity and difficulty

الملخص EN

The Algerian educational system has given concern and importance to culture and culture teaching.

yet, it seems that all the sustained efforts did not yield the desired objectives.

this research paper is an attempt to discover the reasons behind the negative attitudes of students toward these courses and try to come with possible remedies.

the method used to reach the above goal was the descriptive method, and data was collected using a questionnaire administered to a random sample of second year LMD students at the department of English, batna2 university.

the results demonstrated that little importance is given to the courses of culture, and a limited awareness of their significance exists among students of English.

moreover, course content and teaching methods are behind these negative outcomes.

therefore, teachers and course designers are called upon to react to this situation by taking the necessary measures which might include a revision of the objectives sought from culture teaching and a reconsideration of the teaching strategies.