Research Assistant Professor, Department of International Education, The Education University of Hong Kong
New book chapter is out. It is co-authored with Prof Hassan Belhiah, Dr Mohammed Guamguami and Dr Ahlam Lamjahdi. It is titled "Moroccan English through epistemological polylogue: Opportunity for speaking back, hopes for localization, and the postcolonial framework". This is the first work to present the notion of "Moroccan English". We attempt to materialize “Moroccan English” as a critical and ideological construct, but we also recognize its potential peripherality since inequalities among Englishes are anchored in linguistic, cultural and epistemic hierarchies among speakers rather than the Englishes per se. Moroccan English is imagined as the localized and situated understanding of the sociocultural and sociopolitical capital of English and how it shapes Moroccans’ engagement among themselves and with the international community. There are constant references to how social/hegemonic structures impinge upon the viability of Moroccan English; in other words, Moroccan English is a contested concept among the participants in the exchange for all sorts of reasons. We therefore focus on how the notion of Moroccan English as a form of postcolonial resistance and agency is not simplistic and/but is implicated in conditions of power and identity, and structures of social relations. https://lnkd.in/gBXpt8dU
rahima arib
4mo
Congratulations 🎉
Gilles Forlot
4mo
Quite interesting, thanks for sharing !
Congratulations!
Love this pioneering work. Have you considered leveraging the power of micro-influencer partnerships to spark conversations and enhance visibility across different linguistic communities?