School Language Weakness and the Family's Social and Cultural Capital Algerian Case

Authors

  • Hafida Mokhenfer PhD of Sociology of education, Department of Research division school and its Environment, the National Institute for Research in Education Algeria.
  • Abdelhamid Abismail PhD of School psychology, Department of Research Division Teaching, Didactic of Disciplines, and Pedagogical Innovation, the National Institute for Research in Education Algeria.
  • Amine Amimour PhD of Mathematics, Department of Research division Educational Governance, the National Institute for Research in Education Algeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22046/LA.2022.20

Keywords:

Linguistic Weakness, Cultural Capital, Social Capital, Reproduction, Family, Teaching Foreign Languages

Abstract

The study aims to discuss how the social capital (SC) and the cultural capital (CC)  of the the family affects the level of learners in foreign and national languages, and how this two variables (SC, CC) can be a reason behind the phenomenon of linguistic weakness, and the inability of learners to use languages fluently, The study’s approach is the  education and reproduction of Pierre Bourdieu and Claude Passeron. The study applyed the descriptive method, and E-questionnaire distributed to a Stratified cluster purposive sample of language teachers size (176). The results demonstrated the strength and role of the family's SC in guiding its children towards learning languages, As well as the role of Habitus in the inheritance and transition of the quality of possession of languages such as (CC) within the family, and throught generation.

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Published

2022-11-30

How to Cite

Mokhenfer, H., Abismail, A., & Amimour, A. (2022). School Language Weakness and the Family’s Social and Cultural Capital Algerian Case. LANGUAGE ART, 7(4), 29–44. https://doi.org/10.22046/LA.2022.20