AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TEACHING METHODOLOGY OF BRITISH CIVILIZATION COURSE IN FIRST YEAR LMD CLASSES: DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AT BLIDA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

his research project endeavours to investigate the way British Civilization course is taught to first year LMD students enrolled in the Department of English at USDB. The purpose behind this investigation is to probe first year LMD teachers’ methodology and their students’ learning achievements in the subject of British Civilization in terms of improving their English language proficiency and grasping the content of the subject simultaneously. Throughout an analytical descriptive study, the focus is made on revealing the inadequacy of the prevailing teaching methodology of British Civilization in terms of: (1) being non-convergent with current EFL teaching methodologies which stress the development of language proficiency through interactive communication in the language classroom;(2) being inefficient for enhancing students’ English linguistic capacities, especially as the latter is the only tool mediating between the students and the course content; hence students’ disability to discover the value of British Civilization course as a cultural aspect of EFL education; (3) hindering students’ achievements in the subject of British Civilization. To accomplish this study, three research instruments were used: a questionnaire for first year LMD students, a structured interview for first year LMD teachers of British Civilization besides students’ British Civilization exam papers analysis. The examination of the data collected provided evidence and confirmed our hypotheses. Yet, on the basis of literature reading and the results obtained from the study, some suggestions and recommendations are made in order to ameliorate the current teaching methodology of British Civilization course in first year LMD classroom. Thus, students are hopefully expected to improve their English language proficiency and attain their achievements in British Civilization subject.