The Effects of Teaching Spoken Arabic on Students' Attitudes and Motivation in Israel.  

Oleh:

Donitsa-Schmidt, Smadar ; Shohamy, Elana ; Ofra, Inbar

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 88 no. 2 (Jun. 2004), page 217-228.
Topik: Attitudes; Motivation; Teaching Spoken Arabic; Israel
Fulltext: Vol 88 no 2 pp.217-228.pdf (2.09MB)

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The study investigated whether changes in the educational context of teaching Arabic as a second language in Israeli schools affect students' attitudes towards the language, its speakers and culture, and motivation to study the language. These changes included teaching spoken Arabic rather than Modern Standard Arabic and lowering the starting age of instruction. Self-report questionnaires were distributed to 692 students (4th-6th grade) and 362 parents from 14 elementary schools. The findings revealed that students who study spoken Arabic (experimental group), as opposed to those who do not (control group), report holding more positive attitudes towards the Arabic language, its culture, and speakers, and also claim to be more motivated to study the language. Findings also confirm the important role that parents have over their children's behavior because parents' attitudes constituted one of the predictors of students' motivation to study Arabic. Yet, the variable that best predicted students' motiva- tion was their satisfaction with their Arabic study program.

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