Desarrollo del Inglés en la Educación Superior Marroquí

Retos y Perspectivas

Autores/as

  • Marouane Zakhir Département des Enseignements Transversaux, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales, El Jadida, Université Chouaib Doukkali, Marruecos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9303-3968

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25749/sis.43776

Palabras clave:

inglés, evolución natural, conspiración lingüística, educación superior, poscolonialismo

Resumen

La educación superior marroquí ha experimentado diversos cambios durante la última década. La transición del sistema de Licenciatura-Máster-Doctorado (LMD) al sistema de Grado, mediante una reforma más técnica, tuvo repercusiones en la configuración del panorama lingüístico y propició el auge del inglés en la universidad. Desde la perspectiva de la teoría poscolonial y la sociolingüística, esta investigación empírica empleó un enfoque mixto que combina métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos para explorar las percepciones de estudiantes y profesores sobre el estatus del inglés y los diversos factores macro y micro que influyen en su desarrollo en la educación superior marroquí. Asimismo, examina cómo la difusión del inglés en la educación transforma los comportamientos lingüísticos y las identidades de estudiantes y profesores marroquíes. Las conclusiones de este estudio revelaron que importantes factores sociopolíticos internos propiciaron una creciente tendencia positiva a adoptar el inglés en la educación superior y utilizarlo como una lengua prometedora para un mejor futuro profesional.

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Biografía del autor/a

Marouane Zakhir, Département des Enseignements Transversaux, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et Sociales, El Jadida, Université Chouaib Doukkali, Marruecos

Professor of English at Chouaib Doukkali University, El-Jadida, Morocco. He received his PhD in applied linguistics from Mohammed V University, Rabat. His research interests lie in the broad areas of linguistics, language policy, bilingual education and translation. Dr. Zakhir has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals and a translated book in Seagull. He is an active member of the Applied Language and Culture Studies (ALCS) Research Laboratory of Chouaib Doukkali University.

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2026-06-30

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Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2026): Competencias Digitales Docentes en la Era de la Inteligencia Artificial: Reconfiguraciones de la Práctica Pedagógica

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