The Inevitable Role of Cultural Background on the Iranian EFL Learners＇ Reading and Listening Skills  

作　　者：Kamal Heidari Soureshjani 

机构地区：[1]Islamic Azad University-Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2011年第6期390-397,共8页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：The present study served as an at-tempt to investigate the influence of cultural background of the Iranian EFL language learners on their receptive skills--reading and listening. To do so, two classes of Iranian upper-intermediate learners of English learning in one of the language institutes in Shahrekord participated in the study. One of the classes was assigned to the experimental group （N = 33） and the other one the control group （N = 37）. Having given to them a pre- and post-test reading comprehension test and also a pre- and post-test listening comprehension test （the tests containing cultural elements）, the study＇s findings revealed that having cultural background knowledge about the content of a written or spoken text has a significant effect on reading and listening comprehension. The implication of the study was also mentioned in the study.

关 键 词：cultural knowledge receptive skills pre- and post-test reading and listening tests 

分 类 号：TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] H319[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]