Abstract:Nowadays, teaching languages has evolved more than ever. This has been the result of many researches that aimed at simplifying the job of educators and the task of learning. Therefore, in this globalized world there has been an urgent need to see how language can be taught without threatening the native culture. In this respects scholars have haggled to find techniques that can help students develop their cultural awareness. Besides being culturally aware it has been of a great importance to see how language and culture can mingle in a smooth way so that students can be able to think locally (respect their native culture) but work globally in a way thatenables them to see both the positive and negative aspects of cultural differences. They construct their own standpoint by becoming tolerant towards the foreign culture and sovereign to their own.
Keywords: Culture, Cultural Awareness, Education, EFL
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