@article{2016,title={INTEGRATING NATIVE CULTURE INTO READING SKILL IN TURKISH ELT PREP CLASSES},abstractNode={This article is one part of a larger master thesis titled “Increasing Self-Efficacy in Reading Skill through use of Native Culture in Turkish ELT Prep Classes” conducted at Çukurova University. There have been many studies into the teaching of target culture in EFL classes; however, little has been done into the place of native culture in foreign language teaching. It is believed that incorporating the native culture into reading in the target language may provide familiarity with the topic and contribute to foreign language learning. Therefore, the aim of this study is to discover whether reading about the native culture in the target language may affect students’ reading skill and their reading marks or not. Reading was significantly chosen because the students are exposed to the target language in EFL classes mostly through reading. The study was carried out for ten weeks with two Level 3 ELT prep classes, one experimental and one control group, at Foreign Languages Centre, Çukurova University, Adana using teacher diary, student minute papers, student oral feedback, and comparison of reading average marks. The qualitative results indicated that the topics about the native culture appealed to the majority of the participants, made vocabulary guessing easier and increased their knowledge about their own culture, permitting them to be able to share it in multicultural contexts.},author={Tolunay EKİZ-& Ebru ŞİRE KAYA},year={2016},journal={International Journal of Language Academy}}