This cross-sectional study seeks to compare levels of emotional resonance in Arabic and English and identify the effects of sociobiographical factors, the history of English language learning and the current use of English on the development of emotional resonance of English among 141 bi- and multilingual Arab pupils and students in Saudi Arabia.…

The paper reports on trends in language testing taking place over the years and aim at critical perspectives of testing and promoting inclusion, equity and justice. It begins with critical theories by Messick, Foucault and Bourdieu, leading to critical language testing (CLT) which focused on consequences and uses of tests. Given the power of tests…

Notwithstanding the introduction of education multilingual policies worldwide, testing and assessment procedures still rely almost exclusively on the monolingual construct. This paper describes a study, part of a larger project fostering a new multilingual education policy in Israeli schools, exploring bi/multilingual assessment. It included two…

This study identifies preferences regarding the medium of instruction (mother tongue/second language) in science in the secondary schools of Amman and Irbid in Jordan. It attempts to identify the preferred language of instruction in science for secondary students, secondary science teachers, and first-year university students. (Author/HP)

The recent rapid growth of Saudi higher education and the need for faculty are examined, with reference to government publications and international statistics. The possibility of having an adequate Saudi faculty and of using Arabic as the standard language of instruction are discussed. (MSE)

This paper examines the negative impact the linguistic situation in the Arab world, which is characterized by diglossia, has on Arab children's ability to acquire reading and writing skills in Arabic and on their academic attainment in general. Discusses specific obstacles posed by contemporary diglossia to the acquisition of literacy, including…

Findings of an exploratory study with a sample of students at the colleges of medicine, pharmacy, science, and computer science revealed that English is the medium of classroom instruction and most textbooks in most of the courses at those colleges. Students reported that they do not study the Arabic equivalents of English technical terms in their…