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used in Morocco fall into three types : national, colonial, and foreign. . Considering
the country after the independence , Berber and Moroccan Arabic or Darija are the
national languages . Spanish and French as colonial languages , however the latter
still has a conspicuous impression that cannot be denied especially in high education,
English does not have a local social function ; in high schools and universities, it is
While English is still behind French, it is gradually spreading and expanding the last
decades in Morocco. Hitherto, the number of students, both who chose to learn
Engish during the last three years of high school education, and those who registrate
in English departments every year, has remarkably grown. Ouakrime (1986), gave
some statistics : The number of departments of English in H.E has gone up from
two in the early 1970s (Rabat and Fez) to six in 1984, and the soaring numbers of
students in these departments ( less than 500 in 1973 and over 6000 in 1984) are also
domains. Sadiqi (1991) highlighted that public education, private education, mass
media, and Arabization are the most influenced domains by the spread of English.
The emergence of centers like the British Council and the American Language
Centers has enhanced the tendency of learning this language. Moreover, the
tremendous impact and influence of mass media is apparently plentiful. The spread
of English written materials, English channels, and more importantly the easy access
to the internet and the population of English songs and movies internationally have
facilitated the spread of the language especially among youths, many of whom use
increasing by the time goes by. English with its international status
English has certainly started to compete with French in Morocco. If we take the
faculty of letters in Fes as an example, we will notice that the number of students
registering every year in the English department equals and sometimes overruns that
There has been a big matter concerning the role of culture in language
learning. Is the understanding of the cultural aspects of the foreign language can
(2016),
and student and so on and so forth. But the main reason remains
That is to say, the first group pay more attention to what others
say while the other group tend to talk and express what they want
in words.
The two remain areas are rather the same. Tactile learners
that have been identified, but the most important ones are field
and ideas.
Overall, the distinction between FD and FI learners can more
the object you are seeking from the field around it, the more field
prefer to organise their studies in the way it fits them, those are