The Impact of Face-To-Face Interaction on developing EFL Learners' Intercultural Competence (The Case of Second Year Licence Students of English at KMUO)

Abstract

Language and culture are two inseparable entities; therefore, learning culture is as important as learning the foreign language itself. As a matter of fact, it has been assumed that second year licence students of English at KasdiMerbah University of Ouargla are not well-versed in the culture of the English language and its related aspects. The present dissertation attempts to provide Face-To-Face Interaction Activity as an activity which might be incorporated in the Oral Expression Course under the aim of developing learners' Intercultural Competence. Accordingly, a hypothesis was tested for that whether incorporating such activity (i.e.: F-T-F Activity) in the Oral Expression Course will develop EFL Learners' Intercultural Competence. To confirm or reject the aforementioned hypothesis, a sample of Forty students were chosen from Second Year students of English for the qualitative study and Five teachers of Oral Expression. This study was launched by the administration of Students' and Teachers' tests to have their opinions and responses about the incorporation of F-T-F Interaction Activity in the Oral Expression Course in order to develop learners' Intercultural Competence. Lastly, the qualitative findings obtained in this research indicate that the EFL Learners' Intercultural Competence will be developed through the incorporation of F-T-F Interaction Activity, if it is well-designed and well-prepared, in the Oral Expression Course.La langue et la culture sont des deux entités inséparable. Pour cela l'apprentissage d'une langue et de même importance que l'apprentissage de la langue elle-même. On effet, on a proposé que les étudiants de deuxième année universitaire spécialité anglaise de l'université de Ouargla manquent de connaissance suffisante concernant la culture de la langue Anglaise. Le chercheur dans ce cas essaye de présenter l'activité de l'interaction Face à Face comme une activité a intégré dans le module de l'expression orale. L'objective est d'améliorer la compétence interculturelle. Le chercheur a fait une étude descriptive de quarante étudiants et cinq enseignants d' Expression Orale. Les résultats obtenus montrent qu'on peut améliorer et développer la compétence interculturelle des étudiants a condition que cet activité (l'activité de l'interaction Face à face) a été bien préparé.