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This study addresses the influence of foreign language learning on learners’ attitude towards the target culture The sample of the research consists of 150 university students in state and private universities in Georgia Data were collected from a Likert type questionnaire developed by the researchers and a semantic differential technique used by Oller et al 1977 In this questionnaire the participants were asked to assess to what degree Americans and Georgians possess certain personality traits For this purpose 20 adjectives 10 with positive meanings and 10 with negative were offered in a random order The results dealing with adjectives with positive meanings supported our hypothesis that the cognizance level of the target culture has a positive impact on the attitudes towards the target and the native culture while the findings were inconclusive for adjectives with negative meanings Participants’ opinions about some specified personality traits of Georgians and Americans were tried to be assessed in this questionnaire Key words: foreign language teaching learning level of cultural awareness attitude towards the native and target culture

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