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The impact of language of instruction on quality of science and engineering education in Libya: qualitative study of faculty members

Tamtam, Abdalmonem, Gallagher, Fiona orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7865-1757, Naher, Sumsun orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2047-5807 and Olabi, Abdul-Ghani orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9209-3619 (2013) The impact of language of instruction on quality of science and engineering education in Libya: qualitative study of faculty members. European Scientific Journal, 9 (31). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1857- 7431

Abstract
The qualitative study aimed to investigate teaching staff views on language of instruction impact on the quality of education in two Libyan universities, where faculties of science and engineering at University of Al-Jabal Al-Garbi use Arabic as medium of instruction, and faculties of science and engineering at Nasser International University use English as medium of instruction. The participants in the study were five faculty members from each university teaching different science and engineering fields interviewed regarding their views on using Arabic only, English Only or Arabic-English Bilingualism as medium of education. The Findings of the interviews revealed that teachers of both the cases have almost similar views with slight variations regarding all the three medium of instructions. According to participants of both cases, English would have bad impact on the students’ academic performance for this reason Participants of case 1 think that students do not like English. On other hand respondents of Case 2 students like English despite their poor performance, as they know that, English is the only gateway for going Global. Participants of both cases stated though students like Arabic and it is easy for them to study in Arabic. All participants mentioned that use of Arabic results in lack of the job opportunities. In addition, the lack of academic materials and resources is an issue of Arabic Medium Instruction. Arabic-English Bilingualism seems to be the best solution for taking first step towards globalization. Many participants of both cases suggested Arabic-English Bilingualism as the first step towards globalization.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Arabic Medium Instruction; English Medium Instruction (EMI); Arabic-English Bilingualism; Higher Education; Libyan Context
Subjects:Social Sciences > Teaching
Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Educational technology
Engineering > Engineering education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Publisher:European Scientific Institute, ESI.
Official URL:https://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/2...
Copyright Information:© 2013 European Scientific Institute, ESI.
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:22292
Deposited On:26 Mar 2018 12:06 by Abdalmonem Tamtam . Last Modified 18 May 2023 13:19
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