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Incorporating target culture content to teach english in public high schools

Abstract:

The book Our World Through English for ninth level does not contain target cultural information. Students stated their preference for learning cultural contents. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate whether cultural topics could motivate students when learning English. Another aim was to find out if students like to work using extra material in their English classes. A survey which helped researches to know about the preferences of the participants in terms of contents was conducted, two lessons plans were prepared and applied based on the information from the survey; finally, another survey was applied after the lessons. It showed positive opinions of students regarding cultural issues and extra material.