Encyclopedia of the Palestinians /
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"The scholarship and the balanced nature of a controversial, highly partisan issue are what make this volume important and useful to students of current events. The articles are clear and accessible, and discuss the political movements, arts, customs, and individuals that have made an impact on the Palestinian world."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001.
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xi, 514 pages : maps ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-500) and index.
Arabic instruction in Israel : lessons in conflict, cognition and failure /
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In Arabic Instruction in Israel Allon J. Uhlmann confronts two conundrums, namely the persistently poor level of Arabic proficiency among Jewish Arabic students and teachers, and the traumatic alienation of Arab students by university Arabic grammar instruction. These are not aberrations but rather direct, albeit unintended, systemic consequences of the field of Arabic instruction, where Jewish students encounter Arabic as a dead, hostile language; Jewish hegemony devalues native Arabic proficiency; and Arab students are locked into a fractured educational trajectory - encountering two alienating and mutually unintelligible grammars of Arabic at school and at university. By tracing systemic variabilities in cognition and learning Uhlmann exposes hitherto misrecognised dynamics that hinder Arabic instruction in Israel, thereby offering new avenues for possible change.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004349957 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.