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English in Lebanon: Implications for national identity and language policy.

机译:黎巴嫩英语:对国家认同和语言政策的影响。

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This study provides a sociolinguistic profile of English in Lebanon. It focuses on the uses of English (and French and Arabic to a lesser extent) in different venues in the Lebanese society, primarily in the capital Beirut. The study also examines the Lebanese attitudes toward mixing languages in daily speech, and attempts to provide reasons for such a trend. The project used mixed methods (observational accounts, field notes, interviews, and questionnaire) to describe the presence of foreign languages in both the social and educational contexts in Lebanon. Primary data includes results from a questionnaire (276 participants), interviews with 51 participants, and three years’ worth of observational accounts and field notes.;Findings from this study suggest that the Lebanese society is steadily transitioning to using English as the first foreign language. Findings also reveal that contrary to other Expanding Circle contexts where the mix of English and local languages is looked down upon, mixing Arabic, English, and French in Lebanon is highly regarded by more than half of the participants. Moreover, the Lebanese attitudes toward using foreign languages in general and English in particular are highly favorable. Finally, this study reveals that English language teaching (ELT) in public schools needs a thorough reevaluation from the Lebanese government, and that private schools should consider adapting ELT textbooks to the needs of the local students.
机译:这项研究提供了黎巴嫩英语的社会语言学概况。它侧重于主要在首都贝鲁特在黎巴嫩社会的不同场所使用英语(较少使用法语和阿拉伯语)的情况。该研究还研究了黎巴嫩人对日常演讲中使用多种语言的态度,并试图提供这种趋势的原因。该项目使用混合方法(观察性陈述,现场笔记,访谈和问卷调查)来描述黎巴嫩在社会和教育环境中外语的存在。主要数据包括问卷调查的结果(276名参与者),对51名参与者的采访以及三年的观察性观察和实地记录。该研究的结果表明,黎巴嫩社会正在稳步过渡,以英语为第一外语。研究结果还表明,与其他扩展圈子背景不同,在这种背景下,英语和当地语言的混合被低估,黎巴嫩,阿拉伯,英语和法语的混合被超过一半的参与者高度重视。此外,黎巴嫩人对使用一般外语,特别是英语的态度是高度有利的。最后,这项研究表明,公立学校的英语教学(ELT)需要黎巴嫩政府的彻底重新评估,而私立学校应考虑根据当地学生的需要改编ELT教科书。

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  • 作者

    Esseili, Fatima.;

  • 作者单位

    Purdue University.;

  • 授予单位 Purdue University.;
  • 学科 Education English as a Second Language.;Sociology Sociolinguistics.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2011
  • 页码 199 p.
  • 总页数 199
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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