Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted An Investigation of Codeswitching in the Discourse of Saudi Social Media Influencers(University of Nottingham, 2024-09) Alhelail, Ghadah Abdulrahman; Mullany, LouiseThe pervasive use of social media and the rise of social media influencers worldwide made their discourse worth examining. This study aimed to investigate codeswitching in the discourse of Saudi social media influencers. Using mixed-method approaches, a sample from an interview with three famous Saudi influencers was analysed to reveal codeswitching frequency, types, functions, motives, and role in identity construction. The quantitative findings indicate that the switching frequency is high, the most frequent type is intra-sentential codeswitching, and the Arabic coverage was significantly higher than English in their speech. The qualitative results reveal that codeswitching as a marked choice is used to express multilayered identities, assist meaning construction, avoid conflicts, express emotions, and appear sophisticated. Codeswitching may also be an unmarked choice used naturally in certain situations and triggered by certain domain terminologies. This study provides insight into codeswitching in a new emerging social context.38 0Item Restricted Investigating Language Usage in the Language Classroom: A Comparative Analysis of Operationalization Methods and Implications for Educational Research(Syracuse University, 2024-05-09) Bani Humayyim, Manal; Brown, AmandaMultilingual approaches in second language (SL) classrooms, where learners use first language (L1) or any other known language beside the target language (TL), is an issue of ongoing research. While various research methods like word analysis, time analysis, and classroom observation exist, a standardized approach to measuring language use is lacking. Examining the same data set, this study analyzed the frequency of L1 English and TL Arabic use in two language classes through three methods: word count, time analysis, and impressionistic judgments from live observations and made comparisons of results generated by three methods as well as the feasibility. Focusing only on whole-class discussions, video recordings were transcribed, then words were counted in each language. Time was stamped every 5 seconds using Mangold INTERACT software, and observation data from Brown (2023) were analyzed to calculate majority/minority language use. The labor time spent using each method was also recorded for a feasibility analysis. Results showed that each method captured different levels of language use, but all indicated Arabic as the predominant language and that the method of counting words was the most time-consuming method. This study provides a valuable tool for researchers, encouraging their consideration of different language measurement methods for robust comparisons and meta-analyses such that the results of their research have optimal outcomes for future pedagogy.50 0