Exploring the Use of ‘Inside the American Kitchen’ Instructional Videos in Developing the Learners’ Intercultural Competence in the American Cultural Center of Algiers (ACCA).
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Date
2020
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UNIVERSITE MOULOUD MAMMERI TIZI-OUZOU
Abstract
The present study investigates the educational potential of the American Cultural Center
of Algiers’ (ACCA) learners and how one of their programmes may enhance their
Intercultural Competence (IC). This research is centered around two objectives. First it aims
at exploring the extent to which the learners of the ACCA are competent and qualified while
being exposed to the target culture. Second, it strives to examine how the culinary videos
entitled ‘Inside the American Kitchen’ used by the US embassy in Algeria as a cultural
exchange programme between Algeria and America are effective to enhance the learners’ IC.
In order to accurately describe the phenomenon, test the accuracy of the hypotheses and
answer the research questions, a mixed-methods approach was adopted in the process of data
collection and analysis. A questionnaire comprising twenty one (21) items was administered
to a sample group of fifty three (53) participants in order to assess their IC and to identify
their perception about the culinary videos as a learning tool to improve their IC.
Furthermore, two videos of ‘Inside the American Kitchen’ programme were randomly
selected and thoroughly scrutinised. The data collected from the closed-ended items of the
questionnaire were analysed quantitatively relying on Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS). In contrast, the interpretation of the results obtained from the open-ended questions
and the selected videos were analysed using the Qualitative Content Analysis (QCA) adopting
Deardorff’s (2006) Process Model of Intercultural Competence. The results of the
questionnaire have revealed that the participants of this study claim to be interculturally
competent. In addition, the basic components of the theoretical framework namely; attitudes,
knowledge and skills have proved to be present in the videos to different extents ; attitude
and knowledge are the elements which are more prevalent in the videos whereas for skills is
less common .This indicates that the videos are useful in enhancing the learners’ IC. As a
result, they can be used as a pedagogical aid to support the students learning process
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Keywords
Culture, Intercultural Competence, the American Cultural Center of Algiers, Culinary videos.
Citation
Didactics of Foreign Languages