Chapter 6 Negotiating the Arabic and English Space in UAE Higher Education
The United Arab Emirates puts tremendous effort into protecting the Arabic language and reinforcing its position as the language of the country’s constitution and national identity. The country’s higher education system is built on English-medium instruction, which, alongside the worldwide adherence...
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| description | The United Arab Emirates puts tremendous effort into protecting the Arabic language and reinforcing its position as the language of the country’s constitution and national identity. The country’s higher education system is built on English-medium instruction, which, alongside the worldwide adherence to native-like norms that accompanies English as a global language, appears to reduce the opportunities for Arab students to take ownership of English. This chapter focuses on the negotiable space between Arabic and English in a United Arab Emirates English-medium instruction higher education context. Data were triangulated from self-reflections by thirty Emirati students (20 females and 10 males) and interviews with four faculty members of maths and information technology who taught through English. The findings show that while English-medium instruction is considered a form of multilingual education, Arabic was believed to have a positive impact on the students’ control over their university courses. The chapter provides implications for how multiple competencies can help Arab students exercise ownership of English, reduce their linguistic and cultural insecurities, and retain their identity while learning in an English-medium instruction context. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-979722025-07-17T12:15:59Z Chapter 6 Negotiating the Arabic and English Space in UAE Higher Education Zoghbor, Wafa S. EMI, bilingual education, translanguaging, multilingualism, academic literacies, Arab Gulf states thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learning The United Arab Emirates puts tremendous effort into protecting the Arabic language and reinforcing its position as the language of the country’s constitution and national identity. The country’s higher education system is built on English-medium instruction, which, alongside the worldwide adherence to native-like norms that accompanies English as a global language, appears to reduce the opportunities for Arab students to take ownership of English. This chapter focuses on the negotiable space between Arabic and English in a United Arab Emirates English-medium instruction higher education context. Data were triangulated from self-reflections by thirty Emirati students (20 females and 10 males) and interviews with four faculty members of maths and information technology who taught through English. The findings show that while English-medium instruction is considered a form of multilingual education, Arabic was believed to have a positive impact on the students’ control over their university courses. The chapter provides implications for how multiple competencies can help Arab students exercise ownership of English, reduce their linguistic and cultural insecurities, and retain their identity while learning in an English-medium instruction context. 2023-03-07T04:01:18Z 2023-03-07T04:01:18Z 2023-03-06T14:23:56Z 2023 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61619 9781032024936 9781032024943 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/97972 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61619/1/9781003183594_10.4324_9781003183594-8.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61619/1/9781003183594_10.4324_9781003183594-8.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61619/1/9781003183594_10.4324_9781003183594-8.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003183594-8 10.4324/9781003183594-8 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 English as a Medium of Instruction on the Arabian Peninsula Zayed University 31f63df8-00d8-42e1-a5e6-55859afdf6a2 9781032024936 9781032024943 Routledge 25 open access |
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