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A Critical Intercultural Stance from the Margins: EFL Education in a Conflict-Ridden Context
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Awayed-Bishara, Muzna – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2021
This article offers a critical intercultural perspective to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education inspired by Freire's conceptualisation of dialogue required in contexts where teachers must comply with hegemonic language policies. Drawing on an ethnographic study with Yusef, a Palestinian-Arab EFL teacher in Israel, I examine how…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Arabs
High School Students' Academic Causal Attributions in the Cultural-Political Context of the Arab School System in Israel
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Kaplan, Avi; Yahia, Yasmin – Intercultural Education, 2017
While motivation is commonly interpreted as an individual student's characteristic, motivational perceptions and beliefs, such as causal attributions of success and failure, are embedded in cultural meanings and contextual practices. The current study aimed to investigate causal attributions among Arab high school students in Israel and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Arabs, Grade 11
The Development of Passive and Active Vocabulary in a Second Language: Same or Different?
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Laufer, Batia – Applied Linguistics, 1998
This study examined development of three types of vocabulary knowledge (passive, controlled active, and free active) over one year of second-language instruction and the relationship of the three types at different stages of vocabulary learning. Subjects were 48 Israeli high school students of English as a Second Language. Results raise questions…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10