Language Drama in Morocco
Another Perspective on the Problems and Prospects of Teaching Tamazight
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3978503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Buckner (0000-0001-6335-0997, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-433 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629380601037518 |
| OpenAlex | W2026146844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
In ‘Language Policy in Morocco: Problems and Prospects of Teaching Tamazight’, Mohammed Errihani (Journal of North African Studies, Vol. 11, 2006) examines the status of Morocco's new language policy to teach Tamazight in elementary schools. This article theorises about many of the implementation problems that Errihani finds. It argues that the Tamazight language policy is riddled with problems because it was designed by the monarchy as a political tool meant to garner support from diverse audiences rather than as a language education policy sincerely intending to teach Tamazight. The analysis considers both economic and educational data on the status of the Imazighen in Morocco as well as qualitative fieldwork conducted in late 2004 in two rural villages outside of Tafraoute, a Tamazight-speaking village in the south of Morocco. While affirming the importance of Tamazight for all Moroccans, it argues that there exists another very real, yet often overlooked, benefit of teaching Tamazight, for both Amazigh students and the nation as a whole: the educational potential of mother language education
Art · Drama · Language education · Language policy · Literature · Monarchy · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Amazigh Language Teaching in Moroccan Public Schools
Regulating and negotiating linguistic diversity
The challenges of Amazigh in education in Morocco
Recent cases of incomplete academic research on Morocco's Berbers
Stylizing Tamazight (Berber)-Influenced Moroccan Arabic in a Moroccan Stand-Up Comedy
Language Policy and State in Morocco
Language revitalization through the media
Literature and Amazigh language debates
Other People's Children
Racial Conditions
Multilingual language policies and the continua of biliteracy
Language attitudes in Morocco following recent changes in language policy
A Synthesis of Studies Examining Long-Term Language Minority Student Data on Academic Achievement
Arabisation in the Moroccan Educational System
De la dualité à la complémentarité
Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity
Access to land and Berber ethnicity in the Middle Atlas, Morocco
Orientations in Language Planning
Language policy in Morocco
Morocco's invisible Imazighen
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |