A critical discourse analysis of media coverage on Moroccan Arabic in textbooks and Arabic language acquisition in Morocco

Abstract This paper examines the linguistic situation in Morocco, with a particular focus on Arabic. The Ministry of Education’s approval of a grade two Arabic textbook that employs dialectal Arabic (Darija) words instead of Standard Arabic, which is the usual writing mode, created fierce controvers...

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Published in:	Discover Education
Main Author:	Sakina M. Alaoui
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2025-05-01
Subjects:	Language policy Diglossia Standard/dialectal Arabic Darija De/legitimation Arabic language acquisition
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00544-0