Students' Sensitivity to Arabic Cultural Differences and Its' Impact on Their Perceptions of Arabs
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
El Majdi, Hicham
نام ساير پديدآوران
Ma, Ting-Lan
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Edgewood College
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2020
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
132 p.
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ed.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
Edgewood College
امتياز متن
2020
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Negative media coverage of Arabs and Muslims in America influences people's sensitivity and affects the lives of Arabs, Muslims, and people who look like them. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine Arabic American students' sensitivity to Arabic cultural differences and its impact on their perception of Arabs. Twenty Arabic language students from a public Southeast university in the United States volunteered to participate in this study. The participants were male and female students between the ages of 17 and 24, from different ethnic backgrounds, and at various course levels. This study utilized a theoretical model by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' (ACTFL) to support students' cultural understanding. The model contained three standards: Products, Practices, and Perspectives. The researcher self-designed a survey instrument to identify the participants' cultural sensitivity to Arabs within the three cultural standards. This study found that the participants have a profound awareness of the Arab culture; their perception showed the absence of Arabs' media distorted images. The least statistically significant finding was the results students reported when asked to associate the word 'Arab' with Arab countries. The researcher suggests administrators will need to train teachers to develop lessons building around the 3 Ps framework and marry the theoretical ideal with the realities of the higher education classroom. Further, teachers should expand the use of the "C" of culture out into their daily lessons and try to identify the relevant extracurricular they can include in their portfolio of lessons.
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Educational administration
اصطلاح موضوعی
Educational leadership
اصطلاح موضوعی
Higher education
اصطلاح موضوعی
Islamic studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Journalism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sociology
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