A new bilingual education in the conflict-ridden Israeli reality: Language practices

Language and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-35

  Amara, Muhammed ^a   Azaiza, Faisal ^b   Hertz Lazarowitz, Rachel ^b   Mor Sommerfeld, Aura ^b  

^a BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabic; Bilingual education; Hebrew; Language policy; Language practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549139307     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780802152820     Document Type: Article

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