Session

Education and Development

Description

English Language in Kosovo has expanded from its previous function as a sign of prestige and necessity for people who want to get educated or work abroad, to the main tool of communication between the two ethnicities, Albanian and Serb, still distanced from each other. In this study, the results determine students’ preferences, their level of interculturalism and English language proficiency. This study also proves hypothesis that all students from particular communities have low level of intercultural competence, they have similar preferences, but focusing on their ethnicity, furthermore, their level of English language proficiency is similar. This study covers high school students from various cities in Kosovo, 175 Albanian, 89 Serb and 7 Turkish students.

Keywords:

multiculturalism, interculturalism, English language, cultural differences

Session Chair

Fatbardha Qehaj

Session Co-Chair

Halil Bashota

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-437-66-0

First Page

19

Last Page

26

Location

Durres, Albania

Start Date

28-10-2017 4:00 PM

End Date

28-10-2017 5:30 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.111

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Oct 28th, 4:00 PM Oct 28th, 5:30 PM

The Role of English Language – Connection for all Ethnicities in Kosovo

Durres, Albania

English Language in Kosovo has expanded from its previous function as a sign of prestige and necessity for people who want to get educated or work abroad, to the main tool of communication between the two ethnicities, Albanian and Serb, still distanced from each other. In this study, the results determine students’ preferences, their level of interculturalism and English language proficiency. This study also proves hypothesis that all students from particular communities have low level of intercultural competence, they have similar preferences, but focusing on their ethnicity, furthermore, their level of English language proficiency is similar. This study covers high school students from various cities in Kosovo, 175 Albanian, 89 Serb and 7 Turkish students.