عنوان

Language-In-Education Planning in Saudi Arabia: University Students' Attitudes Towards Arabic and English in Higher Education

Number

TL52058

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Language-In-Education Planning in Saudi Arabia: University Students' Attitudes Towards Arabic and English in Higher Education

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Alotaibi, Khalid Mohammed

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Alani, Salman H.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Indiana University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2020

Text of Note

163 p.

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

Indiana University

Text preceding or following the note

2020

Text of Note

The aim of this study is to provide valuable information that could assist language-in-education planning in Saudi Arabia. It focused on the use of Arabic and English as two languages of instruction for scientific fields of study in Saudi universities, the context of the study. Also, the study sought to measure attitudes toward the two languages. 272 undergraduate students from three campuses and different academic majors took part in the study. The study used two methods of investigation. First, the study employed the matched guise test (MGT) to reveal the participants' attitudes subconsciously. The participants listened to a total of 6 audio recordings by 3 bilingual speakers (3 in Arabic and 3 in English) and they were asked to evaluate each speaker based on his/her personal characteristics for each language using a five-point semantic differential scale. Second, the questionnaire was used to reveal the participants' conscious attitudes toward Arabic and English which was divided into four sections. The first section sought to explore how Arabic and English are actually used in university classrooms. The second and third sections of the questionnaire attempted to reveal the participants' attitudes directly toward the use of Arabic and English in university education and used a five-point Likert scale. The last section explored the participants' level of agreement with the current and prospective language planning and policy in Saudi universities. The findings of the study have implications that would assist in contributing to language-in-education planning in Saudi universities.

Subject Term

Linguistics

Alotaibi, Khalid Mohammed

Alani, Salman H.

Indiana University

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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