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Hellerstein-Yehezkel, Devora – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2017
This article illustrates the significance of intercultural competence in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to a multicultural group of students in a matriculation preparation programme in Israel. It is based on an action research using a case study approach to examine the role of cultural background in the acquisition of EFL. Drawing…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tannenbaum, Michal; Cohen, Hagit – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This paper studies one ultra-Orthodox group--Habad community, exploring its members' attitudes towards four languages: Hebrew, Loshen Koydesh (LK), English, and Yiddish, and focusing on usage, affection for the language, ascribed importance, and holiness. Research questions were: (1) What are the attitudes of Habad members towards these languages?…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Semitic Languages, Questionnaires, Semi Structured Interviews
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Baum, Miri Tashma – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
A better understanding of the multifaceted, dynamic and situated identity of the language learner stands at the center of much current SLA research. One of the main ways in which it is investigated is through the examination of autobiographical language learning histories. In an effort to better understand some of the processes which lead to a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Teachers, Personal Narratives
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Yemini, Miri; Bar-Netz, Natali – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2015
In the era of globalization, educational systems are forced to react and globalize through schools' content and context. Among other 21st-century capabilities such as information technology use, team work, and entrepreneurship, multilingual competence has been placed among the objectives of education systems in many developed and developing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), French
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Rajuan, Maureen; Gidoni, Yasmin – TESOL Journal, 2014
Due to frequent exposure of Israeli pupils to political violence, it was meaningful to conduct research on ways to promote the expression of emotions in the English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom in conflict-ridden contexts. Drawing, as a tool for emotional health, may serve to reduce general anxiety, as well as foreign language learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Emotional Problems, Coping
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Elisha-Primo, Iris; Sandler, Simone; Goldfrad, Keren – TESL-EJ, 2015
This article examines various voices in a triangulated needs analysis project aimed at reevaluating the curriculum of a graduate level EAP program. Previous work (Elisha-Primo, et al., 2010) presented students' voices; this article focuses on department chairpersons and graduate advisors, and graduate EFL instructors with respect to the perceived…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
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Tashma Baum, Miri – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2014
Despite having almost no familial or social connection with English speakers and English-speaking countries, 19 interviewees, all preservice English teachers residing in the Israeli periphery, ascribe a central and surprisingly emotional role to English in their lives. The article presents the conclusions of a qualitative research project…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Blake, Charles Carlos, III – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The number of refugees from Africa seeking asylum in Israel has recently skyrocketed, raising issues as to how to integrate them into Israeli society. Education is one of the mediums being used to encourage the cultural integration and inclusion of the refugees into Israeli society; very little is known, however, about how Africans are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Ethnography, Coding, Classification
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Schwartz, Mila; Moin, Victor; Leikin, Mark – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The study focused on immigrant parents' discourses about strategies for their children's preschool bilingual development and education. The article investigated how immigrant parents described and explained these strategies. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 4 families. The 8 parents were Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel…
Descriptors: Interviews, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Nasser, Ilham – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
This article is based on a study conducted at the first Arabic and Hebrew bilingual school in Israel (Neve-Shalom/Wahat-Alsalam--NSWAS). The article focuses on Jewish as well as Palestinian parents' perspectives and responses to survey questions and interviews conducted at the school. Parents named reasons for choosing the school, satisfaction…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Education
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Zaher, Rana – Intercultural Education, 2012
This research investigates the extent to which indices of social justice and democratic rights are expressed in Israel in the crucial national English matriculation exam, as perceived by Palestinian Arab high school pupils studying for these exams and their English teachers. The research employed Critical Theory as a paradigm, case study as a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Democracy, Teacher Attitudes
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Lazaraton, Anne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
Professor Elana Shohamy was born in New York and moved to Israel at a young age. It was an interesting time for the country and the Hebrew language. In this article, Professor Shohamy shares her keen insights into her experiences growing up in Israel. She obtained her teacher's certificate from David Yelin Teacher's College in Jerusalem,…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Cloze Procedure, Second Language Learning, Validity
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Geiger, Brenda – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This qualitative study addresses the issue of the cultural transition of Arab women who for the first time leave their secluded villages and traditional society in the Northern Galilee to access Western-style Israeli institutions of higher education located in the region in which they will study in Hebrew, their second language. This study uses…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Females, Student Attitudes, Muslims
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Dubiner, Deborah – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
For many decades now, applied linguistics studies have investigated the impact of second language acquisition on various aspects of the development of school children. Few studies, however, have focused on the simultaneous acquisition of two additional/second languages in the classroom. The present paper explores the impact of a spoken Arabic…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Control Groups
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Bensoussan, Marsha – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Israeli students need to be multilingually literate to read academic texts, mainly in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian and English. In fact, little is known about students' reading habits despite a variety of university reading comprehension courses in different languages. The present study examines students' reading preferences and textual expectations,…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Reading Comprehension, Reading Habits, Student Attitudes
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