Bourkaib, AkramMerrouche, Sarah2018-03-212018-03-212015http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2606This dissertation is concerned with the use of songs in EFL classes and its impact on enhancing the students' level of cultural awareness with a particular focus on metaphor comprehension. This work also aims at investigating the students' perception of the role of culture in foreign language teaching and learning. We adopted a 'mixed method approach' in which two types of research tools were used, 'qualitative and quantitative', in order to gain a deep understanding of the matter at hand. The quasi-experiment the study is based on consist of a pre-test, a treatment, and a post-test. The sample population involved two groups of first year LMD students at the university of Larbi Ben M'Hidi, with a total of 47 students. The experimental group was exposed to the target language culture using songs and lyrics for a total of six sessions for a time span of one month and a half. For the control group, the traditional way of teaching was followed using literary passages. The Independent Samples t Test and the paired t test were used to analyze the collected data statistically. The results indicate that there were significant differences between the experimental and the control group, in that the former outperformed the latter in what relates to the cultural understanding of metaphors. For the qualitative method, a questionnaire was used to explore the students' attitudes towards culture in general and songs in particular. The results show that all the students believe that culture learning is beneficial, and that integrating songs in the EFL class is highly recommended.enEnseignement langue (anglais) : EFLOther