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Direct linkNassif, Lama; Shapiro, Shawna – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Code use, including codeswitching and/or style-shifting, is an important but undertaught aspect of L2 sociolinguistic competence, and an important aspect of L2 learners' translanguaging repertoires. This study examines code use in Arabic--a diglossic language with distinct social uses for the prestige variety (Modern Standard Arabic, MSA) and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Arabic, Sociolinguistics
Download full textNassif, Lama; Basheer, Nesrine – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
Developing sociolinguistic competence in Arabic can be a complex process given how Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Colloquial Arabic (CA) are used within a changing sociolinguistic environment in Arabic-speaking communities. Findings from empirical research suggest that second language (L2) Arabic learners who receive multidialectal training in…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Arabic, Dialects, Second Language Learning
Nassif, Lama; Al Masaeed, Khaled – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This study examines the multidialectal (i.e. diglossic) practices in the sociolinguistic repertoire of speech productions of 28 L2 Arabic learners who went through training using the integrated approach to learn two varieties of Arabic at the same time: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Levantine Arabic. Specifically, the study investigated…
Descriptors: Dialects, Sociolinguistics, Arabic, Standard Spoken Usage
