Overview
- Draws on both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to provide a deeper understanding of language policy implementation in Israel
- Addresses the instruction of the most studied elective languages in secondary schools in Israel; Russian, Amharic, Spanish and French
- Contains an extensive background on the immigration history and acculturation process of the speakers of each of the four languages
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“This is a thought-provoking book that opens a wide-ranging conversation about language offerings at the intersection of language policy and education. While it focuses on language education in Israel, the volume will be of considerable interest to educators in many other countries, as it testifies to the importance and the challenges of including both immigrant and foreign languages in language instruction. The volume is highly timely in view of large-scale migration around the world.” (Olga Kagan, University of California at Los Angeles, Director of the National Heritage Language Resource Center)
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Marina Niznik is Instructor of Russian at the School of Foreign Languages and Russian Literature at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She was head of an international team for writing textbooks of Russian and researches the acculturation of Russian immigrants in Israel.
Anbessa Teferra is Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He teaches Amharic and other Ethiopian languages, as well as the cultural space of Ethiopia. Since 2002 he is chief supervisor for Amharic instruction in the Israeli educational system.
Tania Gluzman is Instructor of French at the Foreign Languages Division and teaches French didactics at the School of Education, both at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She also was a national trainer of French instructors for the Israeli Ministry of Education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Elective Language Study and Policy in Israel
Authors: Malka Muchnik, Marina Niznik, Anbessa Teferra, Tania Gluzman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34036-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34035-7Published: 25 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81661-6Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-34036-4Published: 13 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 218
Topics: Language Policy and Planning, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Multilingualism, Language Education, Sociology of Education