Improving EFL Learners’ Cultural Background through Teaching Novels A Case Study of Secondary Schools, greater Madani Locality, Gezira State, Sudan (2025)

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This study aims at: investigating the effectiveness of teaching novels in enhancing EFL
learners‟ cultural background and generating their learning motivation. The study adopted the
descriptive analytical method. The data for the study were collected by a questionnaire which was
distributed among fifty (50) of EFL teachers of the secondary level schools at greater Madani
locality. The collected data were analyzed by the (SPSS) programme. The most important results
were following: teaching novels positively affected on EFL learners‟ cultural knowledge as the
novels supply the EFL learners with cultural information and increased their learning motivation.
The study recommended that: EFL learners should be enabled to improve their cultural knowledge
through reading novels,. EFL learners should be motivated through teaching novels and EFL
learners should gain global cultural information through novels