English Medium Instruction and Human Linguistic Rights
Academic, Psychological and Cultural Suffering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21701386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taghreed Ibrahim Masri (0000-0001-5129-692X, Canadian University of Dubai, corresponding author), Taghreed Masri (Canadian University of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, [email protected]) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 514-543 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal on Minority and Group Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1385-4879 • E-ISSN: 1571-8115 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15718115-28030003 |
| OpenAlex | W3111319152 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In higher education in the UAE, English is used as the medium of instruction, while academic Arabic is relegated to few electives that can be also taken in English. Policy makers perceive the transition from Arabic medium instruction ( ami ) schools to English medium instruction ( emi ) universities as normal and automatic. This study aims to explore how students see this transition, and whether they find it automatic and smooth, or embroiled in hardship and difficulties. It is based on a critical theoretical framework and is approached using exploratory critical methodology. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty undergraduate Arab students in three English-medium universities. Results showed that students faced psychological, academic, social and cultural difficulties associated with the transition from Arabic schools to English-medium instruction universities
Arabic · Higher education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Medium of instruction · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |