Abdel Latif Muhammad M M, Alhamad Majed M
Faculty of Graduate Studies of Education, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
Department of Studies of Arabic (L2), College of Language Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 15;14:1093488. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1093488. eCollection 2023.
Though there have been many calls for the Arabicization versus Englishization of higher education in the Arab world, no previous work seems to have comprehensively covered these calls and their outcomes in the region. In this paper, the authors review literature on the following four main pertinent issues: (a) the arguments for and against the Arabicization versus Englishization of higher education in the Arab world; (b) Arabicization attempts of higher education; (c) current Englishization policies and orientations of Arab higher education systems; and (d) realities of EMI practices in Arab universities. It is concluded that higher education Arabicization movements in the Arab world have not brought about their desired outcomes due to some barriers, whereas Englishization policies and practices have increasingly expanded in the region in the last three decades. The paper ends with discussing the implications of the review.
尽管阿拉伯世界对高等教育阿拉伯语化与英语化的呼声此起彼伏，但此前似乎没有任何研究全面涵盖这些呼声及其在该地区的成果。在本文中，作者回顾了关于以下四个主要相关问题的文献：(a) 阿拉伯世界高等教育阿拉伯语化与英语化的支持与反对观点；(b) 高等教育的阿拉伯语化尝试；(c) 阿拉伯高等教育系统当前的英语化政策与倾向；以及(d) 阿拉伯大学中英语授课实践的实际情况。研究得出结论，由于一些障碍，阿拉伯世界的高等教育阿拉伯语化运动并未取得预期成果，而在过去三十年里，英语化政策与实践在该地区却日益扩张。本文最后讨论了该综述的影响。
