阿拉伯语教师对在英国本科学位课程中纳入地区语言种类的看法

IF 1.6 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Linguistics and Education Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI:10.1016/j.linged.2025.101427

Melissa Anne Towler

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摘要

尽管人们认识到阿拉伯语是一种具有多个地区变体（rv）的二元语言，现代标准阿拉伯语（MSA）仍然是英国教育工作者的优先事项。本研究通过12次定性、半结构化访谈，调查了导师们对将房车纳入课程的看法。访谈对象来自英国9所提供以阿拉伯语为主的本科学位课程的高等教育机构（HEIs）中的8所。研究结果表明，导师的信念往往受到主流语言意识形态的影响。然而，有越来越多的证据表明，一些高等教育机构通过同时教授MSA和rv来接受阿拉伯语的双元学、多方言性质，导师们也越来越多地提高了对阿拉伯语使用的社会语言学现实的认识。然而，由于这并不总是课程的正式组成部分，并不是所有的学习者都受益。这些发现强调了专业发展的必要性，以支持导师将课程内容与阿拉伯语的社会语言学现实相结合。

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Arabic language tutors’ beliefs on including regional varieties in undergraduate degree courses in England

Despite the recognition of Arabic as a diglossic language with multiple regional varieties (RVs), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) continues to be prioritised by educators in England. This study investigates tutors' perceptions on including RVs in their courses through 12 qualitative, semi-structured interviews with tutors from eight of the nine Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England offering undergraduate degree courses with a major component in Arabic. The findings reveal that tutors’ beliefs are often shaped by dominant language ideologies. However, there is growing evidence of change, with some HEIs embracing Arabic’s diglossic, multidialectal nature by teaching both MSA and RVs, and tutors increasingly raising awareness of the sociolinguistic reality of Arabic use. Yet, as this is not always a formal part of the curriculum, not all learners benefit. These findings highlight the need for professional development to support tutors in aligning course content with the sociolinguistic reality of Arabic.

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期刊介绍： Linguistics and Education encourages submissions that apply theory and method from all areas of linguistics to the study of education. Areas of linguistic study include, but are not limited to: text/corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, functional grammar, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversational analysis, linguistic anthropology/ethnography, language acquisition, language socialization, narrative studies, gesture/ sign /visual forms of communication, cognitive linguistics, literacy studies, language policy, and language ideology.