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Tannenbaum, Michal; Michalovich, Amir; Shohamy, Elana – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Israel's Education Ministry invited proposals for the development of a new multilingual policy for the country's education system. We submitted a proposal for an 'engaged language policy' approach, which helps schools to conceptualize and develop a policy that best fits them ideologically and demographically. This study aimed to map teachers' and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Arabs, Jews, Language Planning
Shohamy, Elana – Modern Language Journal, 2011
All assessment policies and practices are based on monolingual constructs whereby test-takers are expected to demonstrate their language proficiency in one language at a time. Thus, the construct underlying these assessment approaches and/or scales (e.g., the CEFR) is of language as a closed and finite system that does not enable other languages…
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, Multilingualism, Ideology
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Byrnes, Heidi; Shohamy, Elana; Lo Bianco, Joseph; Webb, Vic; Yoshida, Kensaku; van Esch, Kees; Godenzzi, Juan C. – Modern Language Journal, 2003
This group of articles contains a discussion and commentaries on implications of language education policies for language study in schools and universities. The situation in Africa, Europe, Japan, and Latin America are highlighted. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Donitsa-Schmidt, Smadar; Inbar, Ofra; Shohamy, Elana – Modern Language Journal, 2004
The study investigated whether changes in the educational context of teaching Arabic as a second language in Israeli schools affect students' attitudes towards the language, its speakers and culture, and motivation to study the language. These changes included teaching spoken Arabic rather than Modern Standard Arabic and lowering the starting age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Experimental Groups