Papers by yasmina sakina belkhir
Technium Social Sciences Journal
Textbooks are indispensable tools for any learning. Teaching and learning a language cannot be di... more Textbooks are indispensable tools for any learning. Teaching and learning a language cannot be dissociated from its culture. Nowadays, proficiency in a language is no more related to grammar mastery, vocabulary, or fluency. Accordingly, language users are presumed to communicate in real-life contexts. Kramsch (1993) stresses the role of both language and culture as components of the latter as considerable in determining and shaping language use and usage. Therefore, it is noticeable that attention is considerably paid to the cultural elements in textbooks’ contents to assure adequate cultural understanding. Course books are also media for socializations as they vehicle the socio-cultural norms of the foreign language to be taught. Intercultural competency may be acquired from the content through different aspects (linguistic, visual). EFL textbooks content is not exclusively restricted to linguistic knowledge, but also has the objective of developing an intercultural competence of...
Arab World English Journal, 2019
Teachers are crucial agents of any language education planning as they can make it succeed or fai... more Teachers are crucial agents of any language education planning as they can make it succeed or fail. In this article, we intend to provide state of the art, concerning teaching Tamazight in Algeria through a case study. We conducted research in Mostaganem city where Tamazight is introduced in 9 primary schools. This investigation aims to study the role of Tamazight teachers' entryprofiles and the challenges they are facing. We collect data by employing questionnaires and interviews. These research methods help to give insightful information about the reality, needs, and challenges of Tamazight's instructors. The findings reveal that educators need training, and involvement of specialists to arrange the contexts where Tamazight is being introduced (attitudes). So, more efforts should be spent to improve the situation for achieving the objectives behind the formulation of the Tamazight policy.
Teachers are crucial agents of any language education planning as they can make it succeed or fai... more Teachers are crucial agents of any language education planning as they can make it succeed or fail. In this article, we intend to provide state of the art, concerning teaching Tamazight in Algeria through a case study. We conducted research in Mostaganem city where Tamazight is introduced in 9 primary schools. This investigation aims to study the role of Tamazight teachers' entry-profiles and the challenges they are facing. We collect data by employing questionnaires and interviews. These research methods help to give insightful information about the reality, needs, and challenges of Tamazight's instructors. The findings reveal that educators need training, and involvement of specialists to arrange the contexts where Tamazight is being introduced (attitudes). So, more efforts should be spent to improve the situation for achieving the objectives behind the formulation of the Tamazight policy.
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Papers by yasmina sakina belkhir