Familiarity with English-media-propagated vocabulary on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs among students and teachers of English in the governorate of AL-Karak

Other Title(s)

مستوى الإلمام بالمفردات الشائعة و المروجة و المعتمدة في وسائل الإعلام الناطقة باللغة الإنجليزية و المتعلقة بقضايا الشرق الأوسط المعاصرة بين مدرسي و طلبة اللغة الإنجليزية في محافظة الكرك

Dissertant

Najadat, Barah Jumah

Thesis advisor

al-Khawlidah, Muhammad Arshid Said

Comitee Members

al-Rashdan, Bashshar Shahir
Kanakri, Mahmud Ali
al-Sarayirah, Atif Ata Allah Id

University

Mutah University

Faculty

Faculty of Arts

Department

Department of English Language and Literature

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2015

English Abstract

This study was conducted to measure the level of familiarity with a selected and a representative sample of highly recurrent vocabulary and terminology items on contemporary political affairs and conflicts in the Middle East.

These items have achieved high levels of frequency on major television networks broadcasting in English, particularly CNN, BBCW, and Al-Jazeera International.

Many of these items reflected and favored the ideologies and the interests of the dominant political establishments in the leading English-speaking countries.

A sample consisting of sixty teachers of English from schools in the Governorate of Al-Karak, and graduate students of English and applied linguistics from Mu'tah University provided the data that were used to answer the research questions of this study.

The data were collected through A Likert-type questionnaire and a vocabulary definition test that were designed for this purpose.

The study attempted to explore the effect(s) of the gender variable, and the amount of time spent by members of the sample watching English television channels on their levels of familiarity with this type of vocabulary and terminology.

The mean score achieved on the test by the study sample was 27.58 out of 114, which means that the level of familiarity with the vocabulary and terminology items among the study sample was way below the 50% level and was therefore considered significantly low.

The study provides several recommendations for the English Department at Mu'tah University and for English instructors at the schools of Al-Karak and at Mu'tah University.

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature

Topics

• Education
• Higher education
• Learning
• Jordan
• Jarash
• English language

No. of Pages

46

Table of Contents

• APA
• MLA
• AMA

Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-673540