A study on language use and language attitudes by arabs living in Spain
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A study on language use and language attitudes by arabs living in SpainAuthor (s)
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Portolés Falomir, LauraTutor/Supervisor; University.Department
Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis AnglesosDate
2016-06-15Publisher
Universitat Jaume IAbstract
Multilingualism is already a key concept when dealing with languages around the world and the
Arab population in the Valencian Community, Spain, is a clear example of the presence of more
than one language living ... [+]
Multilingualism is already a key concept when dealing with languages around the world and the
Arab population in the Valencian Community, Spain, is a clear example of the presence of more
than one language living in a society. Due to the influences of the languages spoken in Castelló on
such community, language use varies among the Arabs from one context to another. In addition, the
coexistence of languages within a society leads to the formation of a variety of attitudes towards the
mother tongue and the foreign languages. Several studies (Lasagabaster, 2003; Safont, 2007;
Portolés, 2011; Nightingale, 2012) have been carried out regarding attitudes towards Spanish,
Catalan and English in the Valencian Community, but the Arab population has not been taken into
consideration. This leads us to the aim of this study, which is to analyse language use and attitudes
of Arab university students living in Castelló divided into born in Spain and born in an Arabic
country. Therefore, this paper seeks to analyse the contexts in which the participants use each
language they speak, and their attitudes towards Spanish, Arabic, English and Catalan. In order to
collect data, a questionnaire with three parts was used: personal data and languages spoken,
language use, language attitudes. The preliminary results of the research show that Arabic and
Spanish are more used than English and Catalan, which are scarcely ever chosen. Moreover,
favourable attitudes were denoted towards all languages, except for Catalan, which received neutral
opinions. After conclusions are drawn, suggestions for further research are presented. [-]
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Treball de Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acdèmic 2015-2016
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