Résumé:
The use of the most popular Social Networking Site, F acebook, as a Computer-Mediated
Communication (CMC) offers English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners genuine
communication opportunities that can develop students‟ linguistic and cultural competencies.
The current study aims at investigating the usefulness of using Fb on raising EFL students‟
cultural awareness. Accordingly, it hypothesizes that if EFL students‟ use Fb to communicate
across cultures and receive sufficient cultural content as part of learning English, their cultural
knowledge as well as their cultural awareness will be raised. To achieve the aforementioned
aim, the current research adopts a descriptive method which involves quantitative and a
qualitative tools; a questionnaire was administered to 57 Master I students and structured
interviews were directed to 13 teachers at the Department of English, University of 8 Mai
1945, Guelma. The results revealed a positive relationship between the two variables and the
research hypothesis is confirmed. Hence, the research advocate the use of Facebook by
teachers as a pedagogical means to overcome students‟ lack of cultural knowledge in relation
with the target culture. Furthermore, it suggests that students and teachers‟ awareness of the
pedagogical uses of Facebook should be raised.
