Desenvolvimento do Inglês no Ensino Superior Marroquino

Desafios e Perspectivas

Autores

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

DOI:

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

Palavras-chave:

inglês, evolução natural, conspiração linguística, ensino superior, pós-colonialismo

Resumo

O ensino superior marroquino testemunhou diversas mudanças na última década. A transição do sistema de Licenciatura-Mestrado-Doutoramento (LMD) para o sistema de Licenciatura, através de uma reforma mais técnica, teve impacto na reformulação do panorama linguístico e abriu caminho ao florescimento da língua inglesa nas universidades. Utilizando as lentes da teoria pós-colonial e da sociolinguística, esta investigação empírica adotou uma abordagem mista, combinando métodos quantitativos e qualitativos, para explorar as perceções dos estudantes e dos professores sobre o estatuto do inglês e os diversos fatores macro e micro que intervêm no seu desenvolvimento no ensino superior marroquino. Examina também como a disseminação do inglês na educação remodela os comportamentos e as identidades linguísticas dos alunos e professores marroquinos. As implicações deste estudo revelaram que fortes fatores sociopolíticos internos levaram à crescente tendência positiva de adoção do inglês no ensino superior, porque encarado como um idioma mais promissor para  se conseguir uma melhor carreira futura.

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Biografia Autor

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

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 N.º 2 (2026): Competências Digitais Docentes na Era da Inteligência Artificial: Reconfigurações da Prática Pedagógica

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