ATTADAMOUNE ASSOCIAT

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FOREIGN LA

NGUAGE EDUCATION

POLIC

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GOING INTO THE INTERNSHIPHopesApprehensionsExpectationsGoals

DURING THE INTERNSHIPFrustrationsAchievementsRealizations

AFTER THE INTERNSHIPEvaluations Myself The course The internshipGoalsGoing into the future

PHASING OUT F

RENCH?

THE EMERGENCE OF

ENGLIS

H AS A LEADING

FOREIGN LA

NGUAGE IN

MOROCCAN EDUCATION

THE LINK BETWEEN MY INTERNSHIP AND MY PAPER

Student backgrounds at my internshipCloser look into needs of the studentsWhere did these needs come from?Exploration of Moroccan foreign language education policy

LANGUAGE EDUCATION POLITICS IN MOROCCOIs English taking the place of French?How does globalization affect language policy?Are Morocco’s policies effective?Should Moroccan policy be changed?

HISTORY OF LANGUAGES IN MOROCCOPre-colonialColonialist periodNationalist periodPost-colonial period

MOROCCO, GLOBALIZATION, AND LANGUAGETradeDemocratizationCommunicationsIdentity

MOROCCAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS FRENCH AND ENGLISH

Economic reasoningLanguage as social markerMulticulturalismPolitical implications

MOROCCAN LANGUAGE EDUCATION POLICY AND RESULTS

ArabizationNational Charter for Education and TrainingEmergency PolicyForeign language curriculumStatistics and perceptions of fluency in Modern Standard

Arabic, French and English

SUGGESTIONSGoal: boost fluency in all languages used in Morocco without

discrimination.Teach in Moroccan Arabic, attain fluency in Modern Standard

Arabic before introducing foreign languages.Introduce foreign languages (French and English) early in

education.

CONCLUSIONSThe status of English in MoroccoHow globalization has led to the growing influence of English in

MoroccoEvaluation of Maghrebi and francophonie attitudesImplementation of suggested changes

FINAL STATEMENTSCultural differences between Morocco and USUnderstanding of sources of struggleRemember to take a step back and look at the broader picture