Students’ Perceptions Towards the American Culture as They Learn English as a Foreign Language

Languages do not function isolated since these need their historical and cultural background. For this reason, the importance of this study relies on the analysis that the influence of a second culture has on the students’ language learning process. The problem that this investigation attempts to solve is based on the importance of the teachers’ experience in areas such as interculturality. The followed methodology consists on qualitative interviews applied to four young Mexican students from two different Universities of the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. An analysis of the results of these interviews shows that two main perspectives, positive and negative, were influenced by three main factors: (1) the preparation of the teachers; (2) the opportunity to travel to the USA; and (3) the social media algorithm. For future research implications this study will contribute to the investigation of adequate material that supports the language teaching practice that aims to consider the culture.