ARABIC USE IN MOROCCAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOMS: A MIXED-METHODS STUDY

Авторы

  • Abdeghni Dahman Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco orcid.org/0000-0003-0041-2841
  • Zakariae El Idrissi Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Human Sciences, Hassan the First University, Settat, Morocco orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-1622

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejel.v11i3.6804

Ключевые слова:

Arabic use, English Language Teaching, mother tongue, classroom interaction, teachers’ attitude towards L1 use in ELT

Аннотация

This study examines the use of Arabic in Moroccan English language classrooms, focusing on its extent, pedagogical functions, and the factors influencing its use. It investigates whether teacher-related variables such as gender, age, and teaching experience affect the use of Arabic in English Language Teaching (ELT), as well as the reasons for its use across language skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing) and linguistic components (grammar, vocabulary, and functions). The study also considers students’ use of Arabic and its possible relationship with classroom management issues, particularly disruptive behaviors such as noise. To address these objectives, a mixed-methods approach was adopted, combining classroom observations conducted in high schools in Fez with a questionnaire administered to English language teachers from different regions of Morocco, varying in gender, age, and teaching experience. The study aims to provide a clearer understanding of the role of Arabic in English language teaching and learning in the Moroccan context.

Биографии авторов

  • Abdeghni Dahman, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco orcid.org/0000-0003-0041-2841

    Abdeghni Dahman holds a PhD in Language and Cultural Studies from Sidi Mohamed

    Ben Abdellah University, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Fez, Morocco. His research interests include Moroccan, African, and transnational cinemas, cultural studies, media studies, travel narratives, postcolonial literature, gender studies, and language education. He has published articles in the Journal of African Cinemas, the Quarterly Review of Film and Video, the International Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Translation, the Open Journal of Social Sciences, and The Arab World English Journal.

  • Zakariae El Idrissi, Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Human Sciences, Hassan the First University, Settat, Morocco orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-1622

    Zakarie El Idrissi is currently a professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Hassan the First University, Faculty of Languages, Arts and Human Sciences, Settat. He holds a PhD. in Islamic Spain and Romantic Orientalism, and an M.A. in Moroccan Cultural Studies. His research interests include orientalism, cultural encounters, postcolonial studies, and the arts of performance, fields in which he has published numerous articles.

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2026-06-17

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Том 11 № 3 (2026)

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