The accredited culture syllabus directed to master one level from the lenses of EFL teachers

Abstract EN

This study seeks to examine the syllabus of the culture module directed to Master One students in terms of available and missing items, drawing on the work of Doolittle and Siudzinski in 2010 to identify syllabi essential items.

In addition, the study aims to elicit teachers' viewpoints on the usefulness of this syllabus and their suggestions to improve it.

Therefore, a questionnaire and an interview with teachers responsible for the culture module were conducted.

Also, a checklist has been implemented to cross-validate the questionnaire's results on the inclusion of essential syllabus items.

The findings revealed that the culture syllabus lacks critical sections and key specifics for each section.

Moreover, teachers perceive the syllabus as ineffective since they seldom refer to it during the academic year.

This study recommends that a remedial syllabus be designed.