摘要：AbstractOne of the considerable issues in the field of materials development and syllabus design is culture. In recent years and toward the use of authentic materials in second language learning classrooms, there is a question that whether the students may best benefit from the target language culture implied in the authentic texts or amalgamation of both their first and the target language culture. In this study two homogeneous groups of learners were used. One served as control group and received materials containing only the target language cultural issues while the experimental group received culturally adopted materials containing both the first and the target language culture. After four sessions of teaching, an achievement test and a motivation questionnaire were used to gather data. The results revealed that while the culturally adopted materials have significantly improved the overall language learning of the learners, there was a slight difference between the mean score of the motivation tests of control (mean= 176) and experimental (mean= 154) groups.
关键词：materials development;second language learning;culture
