Investigating Algerian EFL teachers’ perception towards intercultural competence in teaching literature

Abstract EN

Intercultural competence is considered a significant element in foreign language learning and teaching, it allows learners to be aware not only of their own culture but also the target one.

along this line of thought, intercultural awareness has emerged to be an important part of conceptualizing the intercultural dimension to teaching literature in Algerian universities.

this paper aims to examine Algerian English foreign language (EFL) teachers' perception of intercultural competence in teaching literary texts.

data were primarily gathered through a questionnaire webbed to 50 teachers of literature from different universities in Algeria.

the findings revealed that Algerian EFL literature teachers held positive attitudes towards the importance of intercultural competence in teaching literary texts and producing intercultural competent learners.

the study recommends that literature teachers are proposed to integrate culture into the teaching of literature and develop their intercultural competencies.