the role of home culture in english language classes: comparison of three different viewpoints

the global spread of english, co-occurring with globalization, has generated new views towards some issues in english language teaching, one of which being the place of home culture versus foreign language culture in english language classes. the following study aimed to compare the viewpoint of three groups, i.e. language teachers, language learners and parents regarding the role of home culture in english language teaching. to this purpose, a questionnaire was distributed to 360 people (120 from each group) and their viewpoints about three constructs, i.e. “domination of english language and culture”, “teaching culture” and “place of home culture in english classes” were compared. the results revealed that in relation to the first construct, language teachers had a significantly higher level of critical understanding (p <.05), while in relation to the second and third constructs, parents showed the highest level of critical understanding (p < .05).