Date of Publication :17th January 2024

Abstract: undoubtedly, culture plays a vital role not only in our society, but in all societies as well. It has become an important part of people’s everyday life. The reason behind this truth is that culture is closely connected to everything that is human-made. In the field of education, for instance, culture has proven to be an integral part of language learning, which implies that culture cannot be available without language. The latter is considered as the cornerstone of culture because it is strongly shaped and influenced by culture. So, following this fact, many scholars mention that language and culture are closely connected to each other and can never be separated. This is why they confirm that culture should not be taught as a separate subject, but rather in connection to language. The present paper aims, on the one hand, to shed some light on the importance of culture in the field of second language education in Morocco and, on the other hand, it tends to investigate whether culture should be taught as a separate subject, or alongside the foreign language itself.

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