AL-Lisaniyyat

Improving Reading Skills of Learners in FFL classes in the Digital Age: Pedagogical Strategies and Practices

Sabah Beddiaf, Khadija Samira Zitouni — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This article investigates the dynamic relationship between digital technology and the development of learners’ reading competence, with a particular focus on the French as a Foreign Language (FFL) classroom. It evaluates current pedagogical practices and highlights the benefits that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer in enhancing the teaching and learning of literary texts. The primary objective is to foster critical reflection on the integration of digital tools in FFL instruction, especially regarding their capacity to enrich student engagement with literature. The study draws on data collected through descriptive research using teacher questionnaires, aiming to assess the impact of ICT on both learner motivation and teaching effectiveness. The findings reveal persistent challenges but also point to actionable strategies for overcoming obstacles. This paper proposes practical solutions and pedagogical adjustments designed to improve learners’ reading proficiency and to counteract negative perceptions of literary texts as inaccessible or irrelevant.

The reality of speech therapy management of prosody in deaf children with cochlear implants in Algeria

Maroua Bouchareb, Ouarda Metref — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study aims to investigate speech-language pathology (SLP) intervention with regard to prosody in deaf children who have received cochlear implants in Algeria. To achieve this goal, the descriptive method was adopted as a framework for data analysis and interpretation. The study sample consisted of 30 speech-language pathologists working in public health institutions and private practices distributed across various regions of the country. Data was collected through a questionnaire specifically designed for this study, which included five main axes : General Information, Prosody Rehabilitation Approach, Evaluation and Intervention in Prosody, Training and Knowledge, and Challenges and Recommendations.

The results of both quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed that speech-language pathologists pay attention to early intervention for deaf children with cochlear implants. However, prosody does not receive sufficient attention within the adopted therapeutic programs. The study's findings highlight the need to strengthen the training of professionals in this area and to develop intervention tools that take into account the prosodic features of the language.

Educational Terminology in the Algerian Educational System in Light of Specialized Dictionaries

Samira Ouazib, Naima Chalghoum — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study investigates the educational terminology used in Algerian middle school curricula. It analyzes the clarity, accuracy, and standardization of these terms by comparing a sample from the Arabic language curriculum to their equivalents in Francophone and Anglophone specialized dictionaries. The findings reveal significant discrepancies rooted in their translation sources (French vs. English references), which in turn impacts terminological unity. The research concludes with a set of recommendations for improving curriculum terminology and developing standardized specialized lexicons.

Gender Portrayal In The Algerian English Textbook ‘my Book Of English’ For Third Year Primary School

Yaqot Elbechir, Naimi Amara — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Gender stereotyping is prevalent in many textbooks, especially English as a Foreign Language (EFL) textbooks. This study analyzed gender portrayal in the English textbook “My Book of English” for third year primary school (3PS), and which aims to identify gender stereotypes. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, the analysis confirmed the presence of gender bias. The illustrations predominantly feature males, and the depicted occupations for men and women are often traditional and outdated. Men’s activities are frequently shown outdoors, while women’s activities are mostly indoors, reflecting negative gender stereotypes. The study aims to provide teachers and textbook authors/inspectors insights on gender representations, encouraging them to recognize and reduce gender bias.

The Influence of Parental Linguistic and Cultural Representations on the Early Use of French

Nadjla Boudoukha — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Algeria has long been characterized by the coexistence of multiple languages, with French occupying a prominent position in society. Within the field of sociolinguistics, this study examines and analyzes the representations and linguistic practices associated with early bilingualism (mother tongue/French) within the family context. The research was conducted in the city of Setif, where questionnaires were distributed to gather insights into parents’ attitudes and the strategies they employ to support their children’s early acquisition of the French language in a natural environment, using the resources available within the family. Our findings reveal that, in their effort to prepare their children for a brighter future full of opportunities, parents-regardless of gender-are dedicated to incorporating this language into their children's daily lives. Regarding the parents' level of education, it appears to have no significant impact on early bilingualism, as even non-educated parents are determined to introduce the French language to their children at a young age. Lastly, we found that parental representations strongly encourage the early acquisition of French among children.

Global Citizenship Education in Algeria -Local Perspectives within a Global Framework

Iman Bouzeria, Abd El Hak Gasmi — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This article examines the strategies for integrating Global Citizenship Education (GCE) into the Algerian educational system, highlighting the specific socio-economic and cultural challenges associated with this process. The study demonstrates that globalization necessitates the adaptation of educational curricula to prepare citizens capable of addressing global challenges. Drawing on international examples and local educational reforms, the article proposes an action plan for implementing GCE in Algeria, with particular emphasis on teacher training and curriculum development, while taking into account the country’s cultural and social contexts.

Mobilization of Language Repertoire Resources during Exchanges between Agents and Clients in Two Travel Agencies in the City of Tlemcen

Ghizlène Soulimane, Mohammed Zakaria Ali Bencherif — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Given the wide range of languages present in the Algerian professional environment, it is essential to examine how speakers manage these linguistic resources across different occupations. This article explores the motivations behind language choice in the workplace, focusing specifically on the travel agency sector in the city of Tlemcen. A mixed method approach was adopted, drawing on tools from ethnomethodology to collect a corpus that documents the languages used in this context, their frequency of use, and their respective functions. The findings highlight how bilingualism and multilingualism are managed to serve communicative and transactional purposes.

Teaching French and English in Primary School: Teachers’ Perceptions and Pedagogical Implementation Challenges

Tarek Boulkhessaim — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In light of recent reforms in the Algerian educational system, English has been introduced as a second foreign language taught in primary school, alongside French. This change raises a central question: how can teachers manage the simultaneous teaching of two foreign languages to young learners at an early stage of their cognitive and linguistic development? To address this issue, we conducted a questionnaire-based survey targeting third-year primary school teachers, with the aim of exploring their perceptions regarding the integration of English into the curriculum and understanding the challenges they face in teaching both languages in the classroom.

Assessment of Linguistic Inventory in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder : A Comparative Study

Nourelhouda Ben Slimane, Chafika Azdaou — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The study aimed to assess the level of linguistic inventory in both receptive and productive aspects using the Khomsi test for evaluating oral language for two groups of children. The first group consisted of 7 typically developing children, while the second group consisted of 7 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), aged between 9 and 10 years. The results revealed statistically sign can’t differences in the linguistic inventory between the two groups, in favor of typically developing children, these differences were evident in both receptive and productive dimensions separately, these findings indicate that children with autism spectrum disorder possess a lower linguistic inventory, which negatively affects their communicative and interactive abilities compared to typically developing to typically developing children.

The values included in Textbook Content - the Arabic Language Book for the Fifth Year of Primary School as a Model-

Mokhtaria Ben Abed — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Values constitute a fundamental criterion and reference that govern individual behavior, guide actions, and ensure the strength and continuity of a nation. Therefore, it is essential to establish values-based education to address the challenges of the future. Schools play a key role in this regard, considering the strong link between the educational activities they conduct and the values promoted through educational curricula and textbooks.

Accordingly, this study seeks to highlight the extent to which the Arabic language textbook embodies the values specified in the curriculum and that the educational system aspires to achieve, by clarifying the various values included in the texts of textbooks, focusing on the Arabic language book for the fifth year of primary school.

Linguistic pragmatics in children with cochlear implants: A comparative study in the Algerian context

Hayat Ouldyoucef, Chafika Azdaou — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study aims to assess the pragmatic language competence of deaf children with cochlear implants by comparing their performance with that of their normal-hearing peers in the 4–6 years age group. The significance of this research lies in its focus on the functional aspect of language, namely, pragmatics, which is often overlooked in traditional language assessments that are primarily concerned with the structural components of language, such as phonology and syntax, while disregarding the child’s communicative and contextual competence, despite its central role in social interaction and educational inclusion.

To achieve the study’s objective, we adopted a descriptive comparative methodology and used the “Pragmatic Field” test from the EVALO 2–6 battery, which was adapted to the Algerian context within the framework of doctoral research in speech and language pathology.

The study sample consisted of fifty (50) children, divided into two groups: 25 deaf children with cochlear implants and 25 normal-hearing children, intentionally selected from specialized medical and educational institutions. The evaluation focused on three main pragmatic competencies: understanding and producing speech acts, adapting to conversational situations, and organizing information within discourse.

The results revealed statistically significant differences between the two groups across all pragmatic indicators, in favor of the hearing children. The study showed a lower performance among cochlear-implanted children in the targeted skills, despite their auditory improvement. This indicates that cochlear implantation, as a medical intervention, is not sufficient on its own to ensure adequate development of pragmatic competence unless supported by early and intensive linguistic and educational interventions.

The act of explanation through Educational Rhetoric activity according to the pragmatic approach - Metaphor as a Model -

Bahia Bellarbi — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In this paper, we aim to analyze the act of explanation through the lens of rhetorical and educational activity, focusing in particular on the study of metaphor, a topic that poses considerable challenges. Learners often struggle to grasp metaphors due to the ambiguity and complexity that characterize them, as they involve a deviation from the literal meaning for a contextually motivated reason.

We approach this issue from a pragmatic perspective, since pragmatics examines the relationships between linguistic signs and their users, that is, the communicative situations involving the speaker and the listener. From this interaction, discourse emerges, grounded on two essential components: the speaker and the addressee. Similarly, the educational process also rests on the duality teacher/sender and learner/receiver. From this standpoint, we will explore how pragmatics, as a linguistic field, can contribute to the teaching of explanatory activity, and how the teacher performs the act of explanation and transforms it into an effective pedagogical process.

The study concludes that pragmatics plays a significant role in the didactics of metaphor, facilitating learners’ ability to identify and understand it, provided that strategic explanatory methods are applied.

A Pragmatic Study of the Qur’anic Discourse of Divine Praise of the Prophet Muhammad : ﷺThe Verse “And indeed, you are of a great moral character” as a Model

Hamza Lakehal — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This pragmatic study aims to analyze the Qur’anic verse “And indeed, you are of a great moral character” (Surah Al-Qalam, v.4) from both linguistic and ethical perspectives. It explores the dimensions of Qur’anic discourse through divine intent, the impact of the message on the Prophet ﷺ, and its educational and social influence on the Companions and the Muslim community. The study demonstrates that this verse employs various pragmatic mechanisms, such as the style of oath and the use of grammatical emphasis, which reinforce the moral message and strengthen the Prophet’s role as an exemplary model. It also highlights the importance of applying this type of analysis in contemporary religious and educational discourse, by drawing on the Prophet’s moral exemplariness in shaping both individual and collective behavior. The study concludes by emphasizing the necessity of extending the pragmatic approach to other Qur’anic texts and integrating it into educational curricula, in order to enhance understanding of the texts both religiously and linguistically, while recommending its use in the development of contemporary Islamic discourse.

Stylistic Cohesive Devices

Hasan Mohammed Hasan Mfreg — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study investigates the syntactic patterns that shape the stylistic identity of Arabic sentences. It classifies these patterns into two main categories: requestive (performative) styles, such as the imperative, prohibitive, interrogative, optative, exhortative, vocative, desiderative, and hopeful forms; and non-requestive (non-performative) styles, including the oath, exclamatory, exception, simile, restrictive, negative, emphatic, and commendatory or derogatory forms. Each style is examined in terms of its conceptual foundation, the linguistic devices it employs, and its syntactic construction, with special attention to the semantic role that differentiates one style from another.

The Role of Derivational Processes in Developing an Etymological Lexicon of the Arabic Language

Meriem Haffaf, Hedia Djili — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This study aims to examine the phenomenon of derivation, analyzing its concept, significance, and contribution to lexicography, as well as the methods that support it. It also explores linguistic roots and their role in creating a modern Arabic derivational dictionary, considered one of the most important, tracing the language’s evolution throughout history.

The methodology combines description, analysis, and comparison to identify internal relationships among the linguistic sounds forming roots and to assess the meaning of derived words relative to the original root.

The findings show that the dictionary’s construction starts with single-consonant roots, progressing to binary and then ternary roots through minor and major derivation, using sounds and their semantic properties to transfer the meaning of the original root to its derivatives.

The Arabic Linguistic Reference in Translating Western Linguistic Terminology: A Descriptive and Analytical Study of Abdelkader Mhiri's Translation of Some Terms from Robert Martin's Book "Comprendre la Linguistique"

Mohammed Kriter — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Showing the traditional Arab linguistic contribution to the development of global linguistic thought through translation represents an effective and positive contribution to the field of linguistics. Hence, the importance of raising the issue related to the transfer of Western linguistic terminology and its systematic integration into Arabic linguistic nomenclature, in a way that distinguishes the term at both the syntactic and semantic levels.

The Tunisian Abdelkader Mhiri successfully combined the sciences of the Arab linguistic heritage with contemporary linguistics in his translation of Western linguistic terminology in the book "Comprendre la Linguistique". By relying on a descriptive and analytical approach to study a sample of linguistic terms translated into Arabic, we were able to highlight the revival of certain Arabic lexical items rooted in our linguistic heritage and their contribution to framing Arabic linguistic terminology in parallel with its Western counterparts.

Strategies for Translating Saj' in Literary Texts: A Case Study of Khutbat al-Gharra

Somayye kazemi Najaf Abadi — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Saj', a prominent rhetorical device in Arabic prose, significantly contributes to its literary artistry and rhythmic variation, particularly in sermons, thereby stirring emotions and sentiments. Saj', in its various forms, dominates the sermons of Nahj al-Balagha, imbuing the text with a distinct mark of excellence. Its rhythmic harmony effectively conveys the semantic value of sounds. Translating saj' presents considerable challenges due to its linguistic and aesthetic complexities, demanding a delicate balance between creativity and fidelity to the original text. This research investigates how the verbal aesthetics and rhythmic aspects of saj' in Nahj al-Balagha are conveyed, focusing on Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi's translation of Khutbat al-Gharra'. The study also explores the strategies employed by Shahidi to preserve both the rhythm and the connotations evoked by the original's rhythmic structures in Persian. A descriptive-analytical approach is adopted, drawing upon the strategies proposed by Delabastita for translating wordplay. The findings indicate that Sayyid Ja'far Shahidi utilized several strategies to address saj' in his translation. These include reproducing saj' in the target language, creating new saj' in the target text, omitting and adding elements, combining these methods, and generalization. Notably, the creation of new saj' is among the most frequently employed strategies in the translation analyzed.

The Implicit and its Impact on Grammatical Rules and their Meanings

Rachid Haidra — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Pragmatists consider context as one of the essential elements for determining the speaker’s intention, without requiring notable effort on their part, since the implicit information in the message is supported by the context in which it occurs.

This study aims to shed light on certain criteria of implicitation, which help clarify what is left unsaid in an utterance, and these criteria are numerous, both in classical and modern authors. It seeks to relate sentences to their various contexts and to highlight their relationship with grammatical rules, focusing on two main mechanisms: ellipsis and the consideration of non-ambiguity.
The significance of this research lies in the precision of utterance interpretation, the understanding of implicit meanings conveyed by the context, and the impact of these mechanisms on an accurate comprehension of discourse.