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Shohamy, Elana – Review of Research in Education, 2014
The aim of this chapter is to point to the complexities of the English language in Israel from a critical perspective, its global language status, and the manners in which it affects and interacts with a variety of local issues. The main focus is on how the presence of a global language, like English, affects a given sociolinguistic reality,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role
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Shohamy, Elana; Kanza, Tzahi – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2009
This article discusses citizenship policies in Israel within the context of language, ideology, and nationalism. According to the "Law of Return", Jewish immigrants are entitled to be granted citizenship with no prior conditions; Arabs who were living in Palestine in 1948 (the time the state was founded) and their children are entitled…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Jews