Plateforme pédagogique de l'Université Sétif2

         This material is designed for the module of Teaching Culture in the EFL Classroom. This document, specifically, has come into existence in the light of the need for a reference in the module named as Teaching Culture in the EFL Classroom that suits the level and needs of EFL Master 1 students. In this respect, this document could potentially be adapted for use in parallel with other similar documents. This document includes the lectures that have been developed by the author over years of professional experience in teaching the module at Setif 2 University, in conjunction with other courses, articles, books, references, and textbooks which are all acknowledged. This document has come to its current state through compiling a number of individual files and lectures into this one final document where all its materials are intended primarily for pedagogical purposes.        

           This pedagogical document is designed to focus on the basics of Teaching Culture in the EFL Classroom. Bearing in mind that Culture Teaching in the EFL Algerian Classroom is so wide field of science of language, I have restricted almost this document to the EFL Master syllabus. This document, in fourteen lectures, has discussed the most pertinent topics related to Teaching Culture in the EFL Classroom. The document has also integrated a number of table, symbols, and figures to illustrate particular topics and sections.

           The current document includes also a number of techniques that help to make this material feasible and practical. Some of them are as follows: the general outline of the document, a table of contents, general aims of the document, procedures and activities of the document. More specifically, it includes at the beginning of each lecture a brief description of the lecture, a number of key objectives of every stage, theoretical backgrounds, and exercises for each lecture. To sum up, the author hopes through it to be helpful to English Foreign Language Master 1 students at the Department of English Language and Literature at Setif 2 University, Algeria

The course of “The making of a nation” introduces major concepts, themes, and events in American history from the colonization of America to the end of Reconstruction. The importance of this course lies in its provision of the necessary background knowledge for understanding today’s American culture.

Keywords: American History, Constitution, Reconstruction, Founding Fathers.

Target students: Master 1 students of civilisation, Students interested in early American history in particular and American culture in general with a C1 level in English.