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Elective Language Study and Policy in Israel
Malka Muchnik
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Description for Elective Language Study and Policy in Israel
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; CFB; CFDM; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
This book presents research on the instruction of two heritage languages and two foreign languages in Israeli schools. The authors explore language policy and the way languages are studied from the point of view of students, teachers, schools and curricula. Language in Israel is a loaded concept, closely linked to ideological, political, and social issues. The profound changes in language policy in the West along with two large waves of immigration from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia resulted in new attitudes towards immigrant languages and cultures in Israel. Are these new attitudes strong enough to change the language policy ... Read more
This book presents research on the instruction of two heritage languages and two foreign languages in Israeli schools. The authors explore language policy and the way languages are studied from the point of view of students, teachers, schools and curricula. Language in Israel is a loaded concept, closely linked to ideological, political, and social issues. The profound changes in language policy in the West along with two large waves of immigration from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia resulted in new attitudes towards immigrant languages and cultures in Israel. Are these new attitudes strong enough to change the language policy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319340357
SKU
V9783319340357
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99-15
About Malka Muchnik
Malka Muchnik is a Professor in the Hebrew and Semitic Languages Department at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. She is founder of Israel Studies in Language and Society and author of Language, Culture and Society (Hebrew) and The Gender Challenge of Hebrew. Marina Niznik is Instructor of Russian at the School of Foreign Languages and Russian Literature at Tel Aviv ... Read more
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