CONCLUSION
The classes in language and culture aim at improving one’s understanding of the
language and the people who speak it. Trained to be prospective teachers of English, for
students of ELT, studying English culture is not an arbitrary but a necessary activity. 81
The findings of the study suggest that a culture class is significantly beneficial in terms
of language skills, raising cultural awareness, changing attitudes towards native and target
societies, and contribution to the teaching profession. The participants in this study
emphasized some kind of transformation in their thinking and listed six points as potential
contribution of a culture class they received.
This study has implications for a culture class in the curriculum of language teaching
departments. Incorporated in the curriculum, a culture class would prove to be a vital
component of language learning and teaching, since as this study illustrates, it has a great deal
to offer to the development of communicative competence as well as other skills in the
instruction of any language.