Abstract
Cultural integration can be used as an effective learning practice in contexts of English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of cultural integration on the development of Iranian EFL upper-intermediate learners' listening comprehension. To this end, fifty-two upper-intermediate EFL learners were selected based on the Quick Placement Test, developed by Oxford University Press and University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (2012). These participants were randomly assigned into experimental (N=26) and control (N=26) groups. T-test analysis indicated significant effects of cultural integration on the development of listening comprehension on upper-intermediate EFL learners. The findings offer pedagogical implications for integrating First Language (L1) culture in EFL listening comprehension classrooms.
Highlights
According to Brown (2001) listening is an important component in language learning and teaching
English as Foreign Language (EFL) students can accumulate background knowledge regarding any issue through their native language culture
To obtain the objectives of the present study, the following research question was posed by the researcher: Q1: Does culture integration have any significant effect on the development of listening comprehension among Iranian upper-intermediate EFL learners?
Summary
According to Brown (2001) listening is an important component in language learning and teaching. EFL teachers need to eliminate their students' stress and anxiety in such environments so as to assist EFL students enhance their concentration By meeting such circumstances and requirements, it is hoped that listening comprehension will be effective and fertile. It seems that the use of native culture in English classes can lessen EFL students' level of stress and anxiety. Koren (1997 as cited in Nazary 2008) investigated the impact of students' listening to lectures in a foreign language while taking notes in L1 on the development of their listening comprehension She found the usage of translation while taking notes as a good strategy if the purpose was to comprehend and keep the material for future reading, as before a test. Many students experience some discord when learning a new language since they examine the differences between their native culture and the culture of the target language
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