المجلة الجزائرية للمخطوطات
Volume 21, Numéro 1, Pages 434-455
2025-05-15

The Mastery Of Concepts And The Teaching Of Civilisation: A Case Study For Second-year Literature And Civilisation Master's Students, Mascara University

Authors : Benabdi Farouk . Mebitil Nawal .

Abstract

This paper deals with one of the neglected issues related to teaching civilisation in Algerian Departments of English, namely teaching the mastery of concepts regarding civilisation. Therefore, this paper seeks to discuss the students’ position towards the study of the mastery of concepts in civilisation through a questionnaire administered to second-year literature and civilisation master’s students in the Department of English Language and Literature at Mustapha Stambouli-Mascara University, Algeria. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Civilisation teachers to gain insights into their pedagogical approaches and perceptions of the mastery of concepts. The results reached include that this module has been helpful to them at different levels and should have been taught before, notably at the licence level.

Keywords

Learners’ Perceptions ; Mastery of Concepts ; Teachers’ Insights ; Teaching Civilisation