Effect of L2 Learning on Learners' Perception of Culture-A Case of Iranian Young Learners Compared with Their Parents

The current paper is intended to investigate if learners of English who have been taught special books (Interchange Series) would come to perceive cultural issues differently compared with their parents as their regular cultural guides. To conduct the study, a researcher constructed questionnaire of cultural components was administered to the two groups of participants. The first group involved English language learners about to complete the 3 volume Interchange Series program in a language institute. The second group consisted of the learners' parents who did not know English except for a few grammatical rules or some general greeting and basic interpersonal sentences. The results indicated that learning English extensively transforms the language learners' perceptions of cultural issues as compared with their parents whose cultural perceptions were domestically inclined. It can be concluded that textbooks may make learners conceptualize the world as portrayed therein. Adapted from the source document