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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1095576
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
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Attitudes of Kuwait University Students towards Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
Bouhmama, Djilali; Bouhmama, Soumia
College Student Journal, v49 n3 p466-472 Fall 2015
This research work endeavors to examine Kuwait University language students' attitude towards Modern Standard Arabic under the spread of English as a dominant language. It attempts also to examine differences between males and females' attitudes towards English as medium of instruction as opposed to Modern Standard Arabic. The undertaken study reveals that students hold more positive attitudes towards Standard Arabic as compared to English. It also showed that females hold higher positive attitudes towards MSA as a medium of instruction as compared to males.
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Standard Spoken Usage, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Positive Attitudes, Gender Differences, Language of Instruction, College Students, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kuwait
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