Towards a Second-language Model of Learning in Problematic Social Contexts: The case of Arabs learning Hebrew in Israel

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-126

  Abu Rabia, Salim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0347669080     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1361332990020108     Document Type: Article

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