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Code-Mixing Consumptions among Arab Students

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Arabic-English code-mixing is well known as Arabizi. Arabizi is a language phenomenon distinguished among young Arab in particular nowadays. This research is to identify the level of Arabizi consumption among Arab students. The results should assist language experts and Arab governments to ascertain the extent of Arabizi in threatening the Arabic. A total of 1454 students participated in the study and selected randomly from 16 public schools in Saudi Arabia. The study utilized a questionnaire and focused on two different types of Arabizi, spoken and written. Spoken Arabizi measured based on 50 selected Arabizi words using Cronbach’s Alpha scale, while written Arabizi measured based on 14 distinguished Arabizi alphabets using percentage statistics. Findings have shown the level of spoken Arabizi consumption is low and written Arabizi is moderate. The study concludes even the Arabizi has experienced great expansion that it is still in the early age. Experts should, however, carefully confront Arabizi and start a renaissance of Arabic opposing Arabizi starting today, considering its potentially harmful impact in future.

Source: Creative Education

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2016.77097

Authors: Ashwaq Mohammad Salleh Kenali, Nik Mohd Rahimi Nik Yusoff, Hamadallah Mohammad Salleh Kenali, Mohd Yusri Kamarudin

Institutions: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministry of Education – Kingdom of Saudi Arabi