two groups of students were assigned as experimental and control ones, and were given instruction on directed reading-thinking activities and after some treatment, they were post-tested. although the initial pre-test did not show any significant differences, the final post-test result revealed that the cooperative reading comprehension helped the experimental group. the cooperative students’...

résumé : la "langue" est beaucoup plus quun simple outil de communication et elle représente la réalité sociale de celui qui lutilise. la langue façonne la perception des gens et leur vision du monde en portant la culture. dans l’enseignement des langues, il apparaît ainsi important de privilégier les contacts entre les différentes cultures et le développement dune compétence interculturelle....