CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 5 No. 19.3 (2025): مؤتمر العلوم الاسلامية
Published
Aug 15, 2025
Pages
785-800

Abstract





Within the conventional view of language; language is seen as a system of words, letters, symbols or figures used to crystalize ideas. Yet, the real meaning and purpose of language is actually demonstrated through communication .i.e. the actual use of that system in real correspondences. Language is one of the causal factors of realizing people‘s culture in the world. In fact, language as one of the means of passing on numerous ideas,  emotions , opinions and information attends multi functions in outlining the varied cultural identities of a specific group of people. Diverse languages typify different geographical settings which reflect various people‘s cultural identities. The present term paper is intended to investigate the role entailed by cultural identity in reinforcing Iraqi EFL university students second language learning . .To achieve the aim of the study, a sample of (  30 ) 4th year students at the Department of English/College of Education/ Ibn- Rushd /university of Baghdad for the academic year 2023-2024 have been chosen to respond to the items of the questionnaire constructed by the researchers and validated by being exposed to a group of professors in the field. The students’ responses have been statistically analyzed and come to prove positively the role of cultural identity in boosting second language learning.





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  42. Questionnaire of TL Cultural Identity
  43. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following statements, using the following 5 point scale, where 1 stands for “totally disagree” and 5 stands for “strongly agree”. The 5-Likert scale responses are shown as;
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  45. ( strongly disagree ;somewhat disagree; neutral; somewhat agree; strongly agree)
  46. You have an easy connection with those who speak your own language
  47. You find it easy to communicate with people from other cultures
  48. You like being in a class of cultural diversity
  49. You like to recognize how students of cultural diversity think and behave
  50. You like being in a heterogeneous class
  51. You are interested in interacting with students across diverse cultures to develop your language
  52. You find it easy being in a class where many students speaking different languages
  53. You like watching movies and reviewing pictures and images depict other cultures
  54. You develop certain skills and strategies to understand students from other cultures
  55. You show respect to other cultures beliefs and customs
  56. You prefer to speak with the target language in a class where many languages spoken
  57. You encourage a friendship across the mixed gender in a class
  58. You manage to dispel some of the mindsets and stereotypes
  59. You experience a challenge towards your cultural values
  60. You mind attending celebrations across other cultures and religions
  61. You experience sensitivity towards other cultures festivals and practices
  62. You share things you learn about other cultures with others
  63. You feel cautious when dealing with students from other cultures
  64. You distance yourself from cultural diversity conversations
  65. You communicate easily in a cultural diversity class

Authors

SUNDUS AJ. KAMIl

University of Baghdad/College of Education for Women / Baghdad, Iraq

RAED FADHIL MUHAMMED

University of Missan/College of Education for Humanities / Missan - Iraq

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سندس عبد الجبار كامل, & رائد فاضل محمد. (2025). CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING. Journal of Education for the Humanities, 5(19.3), 785–800. Retrieved from https://jeh.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/63144
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