Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ524553
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Publication Date: 1996
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Toward Understanding the Second Language Learning of Arab Students in Israel and Canada: The Relationship of Attitudes and Cultural Background to Reading Comprehension.
Abu-Rabia, Salim; Feuerverger, Grace
Canadian Modern Language Review, v52 n3 p359-85 Apr 1996
Investigated the relationship between cultural background of Arab students in Canada and Israel and reading comprehension of majority and minority group stories. Findings indicate that, in terms of language education, it is essential to develop pedagogies that respond to the diversity of the social contexts in which the learners are situated. (70 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Arabs, Cultural Background, Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Hebrew, Learning Motivation, Questionnaires, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Scoring, Second Language Instruction, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Israel
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