Culture and English Language Teaching in the Arab World

This article discusses the relationship between culture and English language teaching (ELT) in the Arab World. A critical question arises in terms of ELT, that is, whether to teach culture along with English. To answer such a bewildering question, this article presents related literature and studies and discusses a theoretical frame based on experts’ insights and opinions. The article displays various viewpoints concerning this topic, offers different empirical studies in this field, and reaches some valuable conclusions.

本文探讨了阿拉伯世界中文化与英语语言教学（ELT）的关联。就ELT而言，一个关键问题随之浮现：是否应当在教授英语的同时同步传授文化知识。为解答这一令人困惑的问题，本文梳理了相关文献与研究，并基于专家的洞见与观点探讨了一套理论框架。本文展示了围绕该议题的各类观点，提供了该领域的多项实证研究，并得出了若干具有参考价值的结论。