Exploring Foreign Language Learners’ Perception on Their Anglophone Culture: a case study

This presentation will report on a case study aimed at exploring foreign language learners’ perceptions about Anglophone culture; and how it helps partakers be aware of intercultural competence. I became interested in studying this topic, considering that Anglophone culture course allowed the students compare, and contrast their own culture with the target one; and encouraged to develop a critical thinking concurrently. In view of this, culture learning and teaching is significant while learning a foreign language. This study took place at the Bachelor of Arts in languages at a public university in Colombia. Participants are 20 students taking the Anglophone culture course. The study was guided by three research questions, 1. What is the role of culture in language learning? 2. How is Anglophone culture taught? 3. How does syllabus help be aware of intercultural competence? Data was gathered through six classroom observations, field notes, two interviews and three questionnaires. Data will be organized with MAXQDA software, and analyzed qualitatively in the light of the research questions being addressed in this study. In this presentation, I will report my findings, including some suggestions to be considered for further research in this area