الكفاءات الكتابية التواصلية المعرفية والأكاديمية في اللغة الأولى:  استكشاف الأدوار المتبادلة بين العوامل البيئية والمدرسية  في المجتمعات العربية

أريج مصطفى محمد بن حسين

doi:10.55074/hesj.vi52.1744

Authors

Areej Mustafa M. Bin Hussein Assistant professor of applied linguistics at Faculty of Languages and Translation, English Language dept. King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55074/hesj.vi52.1744

Keywords:

writing skills, basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS), cognitive/academic language proficiency (CALP), L2 as a medium of instruction, Arabic language

Abstract

Although the effect of L2 medium of instruction on L1 has been discussed, considering this effect in the L1 community was rare. Moreover, distinguishing between the sub-skills of basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS) and cognitive/academic language proficiency (CALP) was neglected. Hence, this study examined the effect of L2 instruction in a monolingual Arabic-speaking community. Participants were eighth-grade girls, divided into two groups: bilingual Arabic (L1) students with English (L2) instruction, and monolingual Arabic students. Participants wrote timed essays, which were scored for fluency and accuracy. Between-group and within-group comparisons of the Arabic essays were conducted. The bilingual group performed better on the fluency measure, and the monolingual group performed better on the spelling and morph-syntactic accuracy measures. No other comparisons between-group were statistically significant. The bilingual within-group comparisons revealed significantly better essay scores for fluency and accuracy in English (L2 and the instruction language) than in Arabic. Combined results underscore the need for continued support of rigorous academic tasks in L1. The study reveals that, while development of L1 writing fluency depends largely on its community, development of L1 writing accuracy requires adjustments in school instruction. The distinction between BICS and CALP should be further studied by researchers.

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