El-Tawassol التواصل
Volume 26, Numéro 1, Pages 203-219
2023-02-27

Algerian Facebookers Prefer English

Authors : Hocine Karima . Fodil Mohammed Sadek .

Abstract

So far, little is known about the use of English by Algerian netizens (users of Internet). The article intends to unveil the motivations behind the use of English for the design of Algerian Facebook groups. The study is based on mixed methods research as it combines both a quantitative and a qualitative method. It uses a descriptive statistical method to elicit sought data, then, adopts a Critical Discourse Analysis as a theoretical framework to interpret and explain the results obtained after the analysis of the questionnaire addressed to Algerian members of Facebook groups designed in English.

Keywords

English, Anglicization, Algerian netizens, Facebook Groups.