عنوان

Likely, Comfortable, and Appropriate Behaviors in Arab Cultural Interactions: Perceptions of First-semester College Learners and Moroccan Native Speakers of Arabic

شماره

TL49359

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Likely, Comfortable, and Appropriate Behaviors in Arab Cultural Interactions: Perceptions of First-semester College Learners and Moroccan Native Speakers of Arabic

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Said Hannouchi

نام ساير پديدآوران

Chavez, Monika; Thompson, Katrina Daly

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

The University of Wisconsin - Madison

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2017

نام خاص و کميت اثر

314

متن يادداشت

Committee members: Brown, Matthew; Cowell, Dustin Carrell; El-Nossery, Nevine; Murphy, Dianna

متن يادداشت

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-77049-0

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

نظم درجات

African Languages & Literature

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

The University of Wisconsin - Madison

امتياز متن

2017

متن يادداشت

This dissertation uses empirical (questionnaire & interview) data to contribute to the theoretical conceptualization of intercultural competence in foreign language learners. Specifically, this study describes and compares how native speakers (NSs) and non-native speakers (NNSs) of Arabic perceive a variety of cultural products, practices, and perceptions associated with Morocco. What is more, the study also explores the expectations that NSs and NNSs hold of themselves and each other in inter- and intra-cultural encounters. The study explores in depth the following assumptions that frequently shape pedagogical practices: (1) That NSs expect NNSs to comply with the NSs perspective when the NNSs interact with NSs; and (2) that NNSs feel obliged to adopt NSs norms of cultural appropriateness and furthermore desire to meet these obligations. The study included 52 Moroccan NSs of Arabic and 31 American college students learning Arabic in the first semester at a large Midwestern research university. Learners of Arabic rated 148 and Moroccans rated 117 items in surveys about cultural norms and projected & preferred behaviors; they also participated in face-to-face interviews.
Findings included the following: (1) Learners reported inclinations toward cultural behaviors in Arabic that were significantly misaligned with the behaviors that Moroccans reported they would (or would not) engage in. (2) Moroccans made allowances with regard to the extent to which they expect Americans to conform to Moroccan cultural norms; however, they also wished that Americans learn about these cultural norms and refer to this knowledge in their interactions as part of their developing intercultural competence. (3) Learners when interviewed indicated a potential readiness to conform so as not to arouse offense but in their survey responses indicated that they would ultimately not be likely to do so. Instead, they preferred cultural behaviors that they found comfortable regardless of their compliance with Moroccan cultural norms.

موضوع مستند نشده

Foreign Language; Polls & surveys; Culture; Native speakers; Arabic language; Learning; Concept formation; College students; Questionnaires

اصطلاح موضوعی

Education;Cultural behaviors;Cultural norms;Culture;Intercultural competence;Native and non-native speakers;Target culture

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Amendola, Nicolas

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Chavez, Monika; Thompson, Katrina Daly

تقسيم فرعي

African Languages & Literature

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

The University of Wisconsin - Madison

شماره بازیابی

1902252249; 10282424

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y