Investigating the Intercultural Dimension in the Algerian English Textbooks: A Reflection on the Intercultural Competence Place: New Prospects Textbook as a Sample

Abstract

The current MA dissertation is an attempt to investigate the cultural dimension in the „New Procpects‟ Algerian textbook. It presents an analysis of the cultural contents embodied in the accredited Algerian textbook, and its aptness for learners to promote an insightful and a powerful cultural background so as to be inter/culturally competent communicator. For the sake of such intercultural competence mastery, an ever-increasing need is nowadays felt of a paramount necessity in our interconnected world society. Thus, EFL teachers are required to strive to develop such competence among learners enabling them to communicate and behave appropriately with those who are culturally different. From this standpoint, what has been noticed, and in accordance with several EFL teachers‟ assertions, the EFL learners appeared to be passively involved in the learning of culture more precisely multiculturalism in English courses. According to a graphic research design, there was a venture to delineate the intercultural dimension from a wide range of viewpoints.