Aleph
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 449-461
2022-03-08
English Language Use At The Corporate Level: A Sociolinguistic Approach In The Algerian Context
Authors : Ali Chaouche Lamia Faiza .
Abstract
The fundamental objective of this research is to stress the crucial role English has in the whole world in general and in Algeria in particular and the current status of English in Algerian institutions. English is seen as an indispensable language in the modern world. This paper attempts to give an overview of the importance of this language in our country. We focus on English, as the most studied language all over the world. We deal with its use in Algeria with a sociolinguistic approach. English is taking ground but the most important domains where English is present are education as English is taught to learners from middle school, for public schools and from the primary level for private schools. The second domain where English is present is in economics. People feel the need to know and master this global language because it opens a window to the modern world where technology and science co-exist. Moreover, it helps people develop their personal and professional competencies. We also focus on the ranking of the different foreign and European languages in Algeria, to find out any displacement between French and English. If we speak about rivalry between the two European languages: French and English, we would say that it turns in favour to French since it is a part of the Algerian linguistic repertoire due to a long colonisation.
Keywords
language ; English ; French ; institutions ; Algeria ; teaching ; economics ; displacement
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