Cultural Contents in Communication and Culture Sections of High School Tieng Anh Series and Learners' Perceptions

This study aims to investigate two issues. Firstly, it identifies the cultural contents integrated into the sections Communication and Culture of the high school Tieng Anh series applying for the pilot program. Secondly, students’ perceptions about these contents in terms of their presentation and usefulness are scrutinized. Content analysis, questionnaire, and interview were employed to collect data. 120 upper secondary students in the Mekong delta were contacted to answer the questionnaire. In the end, 12 of them were selected to attend the interviews. The findings revealed that the proportions of the sub-categories of sources and themes of culture are imbalance. Besides, students have positive attitudes towards these contents though they also indicate certain dissatisfactions regarding the way of presentation and the diversity of the contents. These findings provide implications for curriculum development, teachers’ practice, and students’ learning.