英语在摩洛哥的兴起与身份认同问题

Ali Bekou, Mohamed Ben Mhamed
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在全球化、社会流动和新自由主义的呼声下,英语作为世界通用语言,在摩洛哥越来越受欢迎。鉴于英语在摩洛哥多语言环境中的新地位,研究在 EFL 环境中学习英语如何影响学习者的身份认同(即高等教育中的身份认同)是非常有意义的。本文介绍了一项探索性研究,旨在突出英语作为外语的学习对摩洛哥学生自我身份认同的影响。因此,本研究的目的是追踪目标文化对英语学习者的信仰和价值观可能产生的影响,以及英语语言的接触如何影响他们作为英语专业学生对摩洛哥文化的认知。本研究还旨在通过采用身份变化模型,权衡学生在多大程度上被允许/推动做出超出其文化价值观规范的行为。本研究采用主题分析法对焦点小组访谈的数据进行定性分析,旨在了解学习英语作为一门外语对摩洛哥学生自我身份认同的影响。分析中出现了四个关键主题:1)自信心的增强;2)自我身份的转变;3)跨文化背景下的身份协商;4)身份变化的程度。参与者对英语学习的积极态度及其对自我身份的影响显而易见。研究结果强调了英语水平如何影响自信心、文化信仰和态度,揭示了语言学习和身份转变之间复杂的相互作用。这项研究有助于了解英语在摩洛哥社会中不断演变的作用及其在全球化背景下对个人身份的影响。
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Rise of English in Morocco and the Question of Identity
English, as the lingua franca of the world, is gaining considerable popularity in Morocco in response to the calls of globalization, social mobility, and neoliberalism. Given this new status of English in the multilingual scope in Morocco, it is highly interesting to study how learning English in EFL settings influences learners’ identities, namely in tertiary education. This paper introduces an exploratory study that aims to highlight the impact of learning English as a foreign language on students’ self-identities in Morocco. Therefore, the objective of this study is to track any possible impact of the target culture on beliefs, and values learners of English and how exposure to the English language affects their perception of Moroccan culture as English majors. The study also aims at weighing the extent to which students are allowed /pushed to behave outside the norms of their cultural values by adopting an identity change model. This study utilized thematic analysis to qualitatively analyze data from focus group interviews aimed at understanding the impact of learning English as a foreign language on Moroccan students' self-identities. Four key themes emerged from the analysis: 1) self-confidence enhancement, 2) self-identity transformation, 3) identity negotiation in intercultural contexts, and 4) degrees of identity change. The participants' positive attitudes toward learning English and its influence on their self-identities were evident. The findings underscored how English proficiency affects self-confidence, cultural beliefs, and attitudes, revealing a complex interplay between language acquisition and identity shifts. The study contributes to understanding the evolving role of English in Moroccan society and its implications for individual identities amidst globalization.
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