MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin10886800722021-08-03T06:09:46Z MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN CHAMI-SATHER, GRECE Discourse Analysis Morality Cross-Cultural Teachers'Training Morality, thought, and culture as represented through language have been the focus of research within the past decade. Little research has, however, been directed toward linguistic encoding of morality in children in general, and in children from Arabic communities in particular. What are not clear are the general effects of culture and language on issues of morality. The direction of this research has been to determine patterns of similarities and /or differences between cultures and within cultures. This study therefore attempts to address this question by examining children from two cultural heritages (Arabic and American) and using two different languages (English and Arabic). Specifically, this study compared the verbal behaviors of children from English speaking homes, to children from Arabic speaking homes, from Arabic speaking homes where English is a second language, and from English-speaking homes where the family is located in an Arabic country but maintain American cultural values, such as celebrating Halloween, etc., when dealing with issues of morality. This design allowed the research to examine and explore the potential effects of culture and of language. The researcher taped individual children from each of these four conditions while they attempted to respond to open-ended questions relating to situations that involve issues of morality, to definitions of moral values and to a survey involving the ranking of the moral values. The same survey was given to parents for additional supportive data. Analysis of data consisted of a discourse analysis of the linguistic moves made by each child in each situation, to see whether there is a difference between these four groups of children. Analysis of data also included the survey feedback received from parents of the same children. Results first show that there are universalities among the two cultures (American vs. Arabic) where children behaved similarly in their verbal production, showing competence, and respecting the protocol of expected verbal behavior throughout the sessions. In content, children across the groups also behaved similarly demonstrating appropriate levels of understanding of hypothetical situations and providing solutions. Second, it was clear that the exposure to a second language and culture affected the production of English speaking groups residing in Lebanon. This effect appeared more at the level of discourse than at the syntax level, and more in the content of the utterances. In some instances, English bilingual children’s form was heavily influenced by their first language and culture and in others, the content came closer to the responses of the monolingual English speaking children. Ties between language and culture seem so immutable particularly when religious connotations were involved. Possible effects of schooling and peer relations seem to play a role in the children’s rankings of moral values as noticeable differences were recorded between children and their parents. Implications of this study could benefit parents as well as teachers in understanding the moral, cultural and linguistic needs of their children as they relocate from culture to culture and become immersed in different worlds and languages. 2004-10-05 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1088680072 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1088680072 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN |
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MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN |
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MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN |
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MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN |
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MORAL THINKING OF AMERICAN: AMERICAN RESIDING IN LEBANON, LEBANESE BILINGUAL AND LEBANESE CHILDREN |
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moral thinking of american: american residing in lebanon, lebanese bilingual and lebanese children |
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University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK |
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2004 |
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