التعليمية

Intercultural Challenges In Algerian Efl Literature Classrooms: Students’ Perceptions And Pedagogical Gaps At Ens Bouzareah

Auteurs : Abdallah Bouamrane Islam . Benzerroug Samah . Boukhalfa Ali .

Résumé

The development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is a key objective often stated in literature courses in particular and language courses in general; yet students face several intercultural challenges when engaging with different literary texts. The current study explores the intercultural challenges reported by EFL students at ENS Bouzareah when engaging with literary texts. A qualitative design was employed and data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire administered to 20 purposively selected fourth- and fifth-year students. The thematic analysis was guided by two frameworks: Rosenblatt’s Reader-Response theory and Byram’s model of ICC. Several themes were identified pertaining to affective engagement, cultural distance, interpretive freedom, and coping strategies. The findings revealed a structural gap between students’ engagement and institutional conditions that hinder the potential of literature for fostering ICC. Implications were presented at the end for teachers and curriculum designers to address the issues identified in this study.

Mots clés

Intercultural communicative competence ; EFL literature ; Reader-Response Theory ; intercultural challenges ; teacher training