Bilingual Education in the United Arab Emirates

• Authors: Jolanta Rygiel

Title variants

PL

Edukacja dwujęzyczna w Zjednoczonych Emiratach Arabskich

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł opisuje podejście do dwujęzyczności i sposobu jej nauczania na przykładzie emiratu Abu Dhabi w Zjednoczonych Emiratach Arabskich. Praca ta przedstawia zarówno zarys pedagogiczny, aczkolwiek głównie skupia się na kontekście społeczno kulturowym. Porusza ważny problem możliwości utraty dziedzictwa kulturowego podczas dwujęzycznego program nauczania i w jaki sposób rząd i ministerstwo edukacji chroni swój naród przed tym zagrożeniem. Kolejno omawia podstawy prawne sektora edukacyjnego w Abu Dhabi i Zjednoczonych Emiratach.

EN

This article describes the different methods used in bilingual education programs, focusing on how they have been adapted in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The article outlines pedagogical approaches and describes the relevant sociocultural context. It outlines actions that might result in a loss of heritage and details how the government has protected the nation from these risks. It also discusses the legal background of the educational sector in the UAE and the Emirate.

Keywords

EN

bilingual education; curriculum; cultural approach; UAE; schools

PL

edukacja dwujęzyczna; program nauczania; podejście kulturowe; ZEA; szkoły

• Publisher: Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi
• Journal: Językoznawstwo
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 15
• Pages: 289-305

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Jolanta Rygiel

• Akademia Humanistyczno-Ekonomiczna w Łodzi

• https://orcid.org/0000000282966022

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Identifiers

DOI

10.25312/2391-5137.15/2021_22jr

Biblioteka Nauki

2127897