Browsing by Author "Faycal SAOUDI"

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    Discourse and Identity Construction among Algerian Salafis on Facebook: An Online Ethnographic Study
    (FRERES MENTOURI UNIVERSITY, CONSTANTINE 1, 2018) Faycal SAOUDI
    Abstract Based on the tenets of discourse-centred online ethnography, this study investigates how identity can be discursively generated, reproduced and co-constructed among an Islamic religious grouping in Algeria known as Salafis within the genre of SNSs, taking as a case in point Facebook as it is the most famous and highly used social media platform nowadays. Adopting Zhao, Grasmuck and Martin ‟s (2008) sociological model of implicit and explicit identity claims on SNSs and leaning on Fairclough‟s (2003) critical discourse analytical tools and Van Djik‟s (2006) ideological square model, the study explores the armoury of linguistic and multimodal strategies employed in the presentation and construction of the Salafi identity on Facebook. The findings of the present research showed that the Algerian Salafis in this study represented their Salafi identity on Facebook through diverse textual and multimodal discursive practices including: nicknames, profile pictures (static practices), informative Salafi publications, ideological publications, and exclusive / inclusive discourse in status updates (dynamic discursive practices). Moreover, another key resource of identification and alignment within Salafism is the dominant use of Standard Arabic on Facebook and its „sacred‟ status among these people. These findings showed how identity is dynamic and mostly discursively “shown” rather than “told” on social media platforms and reflected the role of language as a social practice in the modern digital world. The findings of this study have a number of implications for the study of discourse and identity on social media as well as the study of the social phenomena through the lens of SNSs.
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    GENDER DIFFERENCES IN VOCABULARY PROCESSING IN THE EFL TERTIARY CONTEXT: SPEED OF RECALL AND MEANING ACCURACY
    (Akofena, 2023) Faycal SAOUDI
    Abstract: This study aims at investigating gender differences in processing vocabulary (recall speed and the accuracy of meaning recall) among EFL students. The study sample consisted of 35 EFL students (21 females and 14 males) out of a population of 120 EFL students from the English Department at Abbes Laghrour University of Khenchela, Algeria. The experiment's results were analyzed based on inferential statistics using a t-test. Results have shown that there is a significant difference between the memorization performance of males and females in terms of the two recalls. The results also revealed that females outperformed males in the two aspects under study: recall speed and meaning accuracy. Résumé : Cette étude vise à enquêter sur les différences entre les sexes dans le traitement du vocabulaire (vitesse de mémorisation et précision de la mémorisation du sens) parmi les étudiants d’anglais comme une langue étrangère. L'échantillon de l'étude était composé de 35 étudiants (21 femmes et 14 hommes) sur une population de 120 étudiants du département d'anglais de l'Université Abbes Laghrour de Khenchela, en Algérie. Les résultats de l'expérience ont été analysés à l'aide de statistiques inférentielles à l'aide d'un t-test. Les résultats ont montré qu'il existe une différence significative entre les performances de mémorisation des hommes et des femmes en ce qui concerne les deux types de rappel. Les résultats ont également révélé que les femmes surpassaient les hommes dans les deux aspects étudiés : la vitesse de rappel et la précision du sens.