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Language-in-Education in the Arab Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2008

Samir Abu Absi
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The conflict between traditional and Western values is the key to understanding official language policies as well as popular attitudes regarding language in the Arab world. Traditional values are associated with the Arabic language and Islam, the two major pillars of Arab nationalism. Western values represent colonialism and oppression on the one hand and modernity and technology on the other. The issues dominating language policy in the period following World War II, during which most Arab countries became independent, are treated by Altoma (1970). Since many of these issues continue to be the subject of discussion, I will limit my coverage to the literature which appeared since 1970.

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Language-in-Education Policy
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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics , Volume 2 , March 1981 , pp. 129 - 143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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