Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International

Ndoubangar Tompte; Michael Etuge Apuge

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Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International

Ndoubangar Tompte, Michael Etuge Apuge

Published in Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 11, Issue 1)

Received: 16 July 2022 Accepted: 5 August 2022 Published: 30 January 2023

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Abstract

The study of language use in multicultural setting has interested many researchers around the world several years back. This study focuses language use in American institutions in Chad where English coexists with French and Arabic, the official languages. A three-part questionnaire and interviews served the data collection on the uses of coexisting languages in the workplace domains. Results have shown that English, a foreign language only used in secondary schools and in some universities in Chad is progressively conquering the work and education domains of language use in the selected American institutions. The uses of English are expanding as the demand for better jobs with English run companies is growing every day in the country where French and Arabic are supposed to dominate. At all the three levels of the workplace divisions namely, administrative level, general services level or security level, French and Arabic are challenged by the users of English. Local workers with zero-English have a good perception of English and they are making efforts to learn it through practice and learning centres. The results could imply that American institutions are becoming a vector for the expansion of English in all the domains of language use.

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DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20231101.12
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Language Use, Chad, American Institutions, Workplace, Perception, Attitude

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Ndoubangar Tompte; Michael Etuge Apuge. Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International. Humanit. Soc. Sci. 2023, 11(1), 7-12. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20231101.12

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Ndoubangar Tompte, Michael Etuge Apuge. Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International. Humanit Soc Sci. 2023;11(1):7-12. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20231101.12

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Ndoubangar Tompte

Department of English Language and Literature, University of Doba, Doba, Chad
Michael Etuge Apuge

Department of Bilingual Letters Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Maroua, Maroua, Cameroun

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Ndoubangar Tompte; Michael Etuge Apuge. Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International. Humanit. Soc. Sci. 2023, 11(1), 7-12. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20231101.12

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Ndoubangar Tompte, Michael Etuge Apuge. Language Use in American Institutions in Chad: A Case of ExxonMobil and Equal Access International. Humanit Soc Sci. 2023;11(1):7-12. doi: 10.11648/j.hss.20231101.12

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