PERSIAN LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD L1&L2 CULTURES AND L2 CULTURAL AWARENESS
PERSIAN LEARNERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD L1&L2 CULTURES AND L2 CULTURAL AWARENESS

Summary/Abstract: The totality of language learning comprises three integrated components: linguistic, cultural, and attitudinal (Helen Wilkes 1983). Most foreign language teachers would agree that positively sensitizing students to cultural phenomena is urgent and crucial. Positive attitude is a factor in language learning that leads to cross cultural understanding. This research examined, through a survey analysis, how three groups of students (one high school group and two university student groups) viewed the role of their foreign culture (i.e., American and British cultures) in achieving cultural understanding and proficiency of their second language. The focus was upon how students viewed the relationship between Persian culture and English cultures, and what their attitudes toward Persian and English cultures were.

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