LANGUAGE BIOGRAPHY AS A MIRROR OF SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS: THE CASE OF ARABIC-SPEAKING STUDENTS

Fatima Zahra Bouthiba
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Fatima Zahra Bouthiba: Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,

Annals of the University of Craiova, Series Psychology, Pedagogy, 2024, vol. 46, issue 2, 227-240

Abstract: This contribution aims to explore how the linguistic biographies of Arabicspeaking students influence their perceptions of France, the French language, and its culture within an educational framework. Considering the learner as an individual with representations requires an awareness of their linguistic biography within their micro-community. We will focus specifically on the Arabic-speaking students at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and the impact of their backgrounds on the construction of their linguistic and cultural representations. After an introduction to this concept and a sociolinguistic overview of the Emirates, we will present a detailed analysis of a questionnaire aimed at identifying the sources of these representations. By employing a mixed methodology that combines the study of linguistic biographies and word association tests (Zarate), this article will shed light on the influence of the educational and sociocultural environment on the formation of these representations.

Keywords: Language biography; Representations; French language learning; Bi/plurilingualism. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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