The Present Situation of the Arabic Language and the Arab World Commitment to Arabization

Benkharafa, Mustapha

doi:10.4304/tpls.3.2.201-208

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“…Other scholars acclaim the importance of the use of Arabic as a basis for national and regional identities. They argue that it is preferable to teach in the mother tongue for social and pedagogic reasons [5,9,24,18,7]. Arabic is the language of the Holy Quran and the vehicle of Islamic culture.…”

Section: Medium Of Instruction In the Arab Region: The Arabic-versus-mentioning

confidence: 99%

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College Students' Attitude toward the Medium of Instruction: Arabic versus English Dilemma

Ellili-Cherif¹,

Alkhateeb²

2015

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In 2012, the Supreme Education Council of the State of Qatar decreed a change from English to Arabic as a medium of instruction in four of the colleges of Qatar University. This surprise move created much controversy, especially among the students, the first stakeholders to be affected by this decision, related to the impact this change would have on their futures. The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes of college students at Qatar University concerning the shift from English to Arabic as the language of instruction. The sample includes 295 students from the four colleges affected by this decision. Data were collected using an Arabic version of the standardized Student Attitudes Towards the Instructional Medium questionnaire. The findings of the study are interpreted in the light of students' perceptions about the place of English in Qatari society, the role of Arabic and English in their educational careers, and the importance of each language for their futures. Findings are also interpreted in the light of a review of previous findings on the attitudes of students on this issue. Discussion and recommendations may inform language policy decisions.

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Section: Medium Of Instruction In the Arab Region: The Arabic-versus-mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Arabic is the language of the Holy Quran and the vehicle of Islamic culture. Being the language of literary expression, Arabic is considered a means to contribute to the preservation of Arab unity and to cement the Arab community [9,3,14].…”

Section: Medium Of Instruction In the Arab Region: The Arabic-versus-mentioning

confidence: 99%

College Students' Attitude toward the Medium of Instruction: Arabic versus English Dilemma

Ellili-Cherif¹,

Alkhateeb²

2015

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“…The main goal of Arabization is to make Arabic capable of expressing the latest inventions in all fields, practically the fields of science and technology. According to Benkharafa (2013), several efforts have been made to modernize Arabic at different levels: such as its script, vocalic system, punctuation, lexicon, and grammar. However, Benkharafa believes that the results are modest due to the lack of real commitment to the Arabization process, since many people consider it a means of isolation from the rest of the world.…”

Section: Arabizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Globalization, Arabization, and Englishization on Translation in the Arab World

Hendal¹

2019

IJLL

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Globalization is an outcome of crossing national and cultural boundaries over the ages, this ongoing process of eliminating national boundaries between countries with the assistance of telecommunication has encouraged interactions among nations and individuals without understanding each other's language, which makes language a barrier instead of a means of communication. Hence, a need for a global language has arisen to eliminate the communication barriers between people and nations in this global era. This global language or the lingua franca requires some modifications in order to be simpler, safer, and more economic.This exploratory paper aims at understanding the concept of globalization, its correlation with English as a lingua franca, and the impact of globalization on the field of translation. In addition, to its cultural impaction the Arab world and the main linguistics impacts of that affecting the usage of Arabic language. The examples provided will be from the Arab region in general and specifically from the State of Kuwait when applicable.Jovanovic (2010) believes that globalization is an emperor without an empire, but globalization is more like a boat that carries all people, from different nations, different cultures and different languages. Globalization makes them closer to each other. To make life easier on that boat, they have two options for communicating; either to find a common language that all people on board understand, or to find a translator to be a mediator between them. Either way, they should communicate, or they also should a ride on that boat of 'globalization'.In this paper, the concept of globalization will be discussed, its correlation with Englis has a lingua franca, and the impact of globalization on the field of translation. In addition, to its cultural impact on the Arab world and the main linguistics impacts of that affecting the usage of Arabic language. The examples provided will be from the Arab region in general and specifically from the State of Kuwait when applicable. GlobalizationThe concept of globalization, despite being used for a long time, the term itself has been developed recently. Robertson (1992) refers the earliest usage of the term globalizationin the middle 1980s, at which the term was spread, and its usage increased enormously across many different areas of life all around the world. Beilsa (2005) likewise suggests that globalization is not a new phenomenon, since it was present in the world religions and empires of antiquity and traces the early modern period of globalization to the time when European political and military expansion took place. Unlike Robertson, Beilsa considers that the new phase of globalization has developed since the 1960s, because of the evolution of fiber optics and satellite technologies that enable the virtual, low-priced instant communication and allow people from any place and any time to follow significant world events on television screens or on social media-when Appadurai (1990) called medias capes-regardless of location or...

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“…Por ello pueden distinguirse algunas agrupaciones de dialectos árabes con diferencias importantes: el egipcio, el levantino, el de la región del Golfo, el iraquí y el magrebí (Zaidan y Callison-Burch, 2012: 1-3). A esta diferenciación interna del propio árabe, hay que añadirle el bilingüismo, especialmente árabe-francés y árabe-inglés, cuyos usos contextuales dificultan la ansiada búsqueda de la unidad étnica árabe (Benkharafa, 2013), a las que ya se enfrentó Sati al-Husri.…”

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La difusión del poder y su organización sociopolítica en Oriente Medio

Moñivas¹

2018

Rev. Estud. Polít.

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One of the features that characterizes the complexity of the Middle East is its diffuse structure of power, which is constituted by a complex interweaving of the three fundamental geopolitical dimensions (local, regional and global), constituted by socio-political units, actors and processes that claim different executive fields (political, economic, military, technological, religious-moral, family and social), with different justifications and legitimations (traditional, charismatic, legal-rational). In order to provide a basic image of this diffusion, the article has been divided into four headings: the first is a brief introduction; the second tries to order a typology of the different socio-political units at all three levels; and the third explains the basic features that have generated the peculiar diffusion of power. Finally, with the help of Norbert Elias's figurative sociology, some types of games among political actors are established which can help us understand the various conflictive configurations of the region.

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The Present Situation of the Arabic Language and the Arab World Commitment to Arabization

Cited by 42 publications

References 6 publications

College Students' Attitude toward the Medium of Instruction: Arabic versus English Dilemma

College Students' Attitude toward the Medium of Instruction: Arabic versus English Dilemma

The Impact of Globalization, Arabization, and Englishization on Translation in the Arab World

La difusión del poder y su organización sociopolítica en Oriente Medio

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