TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jundi,Zeina
TI  - Students' and teachers' perceptions of the relation between the multiplicity of identities and language learning in Lebanon
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Beirut
PB  - University of Balamand. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, department of English and Literature
KW  - Enseignement des langues
KW  - Identité
KW  - Identity
KW  - Les Attitudes et conceptions des enseignants
KW  - Les Attitudes et conceptions des étudiants
KW  - Students Attitudes and Conceptions
KW  - Teachers attitudes and conceptions
KW  - Teaching languages
KW  - الهوية
KW  - تعليم اللغات
KW  - مواقف الطلبة وتصوراتهم
KW  - مواقف المعلمين وتصوراتهم
N1  - النوع : Mémoire
N2  - The aim of this study is to investigate students’ and teachers’ attitudes and perceptions toward the multiplicity of identities in Lebanon in relation to language learning. Eighty-five students completed a 20-item questionnaire, which assessed their attitudes toward identity and language learning. Six English language teachers of the English Language Department at the University of Balamand were interviewed. These interviews were taped, transcribed and later profiled. The results drawn from the interviews and questionnaires indicated that the multiplicity of identities in the Lebanese context is perceived as a determining factor in language acquisition. Results also revealed that the overwhelming majority of the students and all the teachers allotted English the status of a global and modern language. Arabic was believed to be the mother tongue and the mark of the Lebanese identity. French, on the other hand, was given importance for its cultural significance and its effectiveness in facilitating the acquisition of English. The study revealed no indicative difference between the attitudes of the Christian and Muslim students toward the multiplicity of identities in relation to language learning
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