5. A Phenomenological Study of Identity Construction in the Education Sector of Qatar

Abou-El-Kheir, Amir

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“…As Vora () has suggested, IBCs in the Gulf have a particularly important relationship with developing forms of citizenship, identity, and belonging by acting as enablers of complex sets of engagements between students and the constructs that come with these educational offerings. The formation of a national identity as well as the transmission of cultural values thus become important elements at stake in educational contexts (Abou El‐Kheir, , p. 118). Eslami, Seawright, and Ribeiro () found that students studying in foundation English courses at Texas A&M University at Qatar in Education City still favor English over Arabic as the medium of instruction, despite often finding content easier in Arabic, and in our interviews with Qatari students, this idea of IBCs being superior to QU because they are Western institutions that teach in English was salient.…”

Section: Language Policy In the Educational Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

English, super‐diversity, and identity in the State of Qatar

Hillman

Eibenschutz

2018

World Englishes

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This article provides a contemporary profile of English, or Englishes thereof, in the State of Qatar, a tiny country undergoing tremendous socio-cultural transformations. The historical background section contextualizes Qatar's contemporary linguistic 'super-diversity' as a continuity of mobility, integration, and exchange with various communities within and beyond the shores of the Arab/Persian Gulf for centuries. We describe Qatar's present-day sociolinguistic situation, English language policy initiatives and reforms in the educational context, and take a critical stance toward the common homogenizing view of English and Arabic language in the region, one that precludes a nuanced understanding in terms of wider cultural and linguistic processes taking place and shaping identities in Qatar today.

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Section: Language Policy In the Educational Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%