Bálint Szele: Beliefs and Perceptions of Students of English about Language and Culture

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The article summarises the beliefs and perceptions of students of English from several levels (including A1 to C1) based on their responses to a questionnaire, which asked them about how they perceived the relationship between language skills and cultural awareness in the case of English-speaking countries. There were two additional questions in the questionnaire requiring textual responses, namely What is your reason for learning English? Why are you studying it? and Why do you / don't you want to achieve native-like competence? These two questions were designed to get a deeper insight into students' ideas about the importance of culture in international communication. First, a summary of the results is presented, followed by a more detailed presentation of textual responses.