A Critical Examination of the Arab Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of their Academic Arabic Proficiency in Three EMI Universities in the UAE

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dc.contributor.authorMasri, Taghreed Ibrahim
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-09T07:17:41Z
dc.date.available2021-05-09T07:17:41Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThis article is not available at CUD collection. The version of scholarly record of this article is published in English Language Teaching (2019), English Language Teaching, available online at: https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v12n4p21en_US
dc.description.abstractThe overwhelming power that English enjoys has become a threat to many indigenous languages that are losing the battle against English dominance and hegemony. One facet for this threat is the use of English as a medium of instruction (EMI). The EMI policy has been a naturalized and taken-for-granted practice without questioning or problematizing. As a result, academic Arabic is almost absent from the academic scene in the UAE higher education. This study aims to problematize the use of English as medium of instruction at three universities in the United Arab Emirates. It also aims to critically explore the perceptions of Arab university students who were in Arabic schools, of their Arabic proficiency after studying at university. Based on critical theoretical framework and approached from interpretive and critical paradigms, the study used a mixed-methods approach of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. 268 surveys and 20 semi-structured interviews showed that students were aware of the decline in their Arabic proficiency due to studying via English. Results also indicated that students showed symptoms of Academic language attrition. c2019 by the author(s).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMasri, T. I. (2019). A critical examination of the Arab undergraduate students’ perceptions of their academic Arabic proficiency in three EMI universities in the UAE. English Language Teaching, (12)4, 21-31. https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v12n4p21en_US
dc.identifier.issn1916-4742
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v12n4p21
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/382
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Center of Science and Educationen_US
dc.relationAuthor Affiliation : Taghreed Ibrahim Masri, Faculty of Communication, Arts and Sciences, Canadian University Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnglish Language Teaching;Volume 12, Issue 4
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
dc.rights.holderCopyright : Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectproficiencyen_US
dc.subjectEMIen_US
dc.subjectArabic languageen_US
dc.subjecthegemonyen_US
dc.subjectproblematizationen_US
dc.subjectinequityen_US
dc.subjectmarginalizationen_US
dc.titleA Critical Examination of the Arab Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of their Academic Arabic Proficiency in Three EMI Universities in the UAEen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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