Current issues in bilingualism: cognitive and socio-linguistic perspectives
by Leikin, Mark Schwartz, Mila Tobin, Y.
As populations become more mobile, so interest grows in bi- and multilingualism, particularly in the context of education. This volume focuses on the singular situation in Israel, whose complex multiculturalism has Hebrew and Arabic as official languages, English as an academic and political language, and tongues such as Russian and Amharic spoken by immigrants. Presenting research on bi- and trilingualism in Israel from a multitude of perspectives, the book focuses on four aspects of multiling…
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- Full title :Current issues in bilingualism : cognitive and socio-linguistic perspectives / Mark Leikin, Mila Schwartz, Yishai Tobin, editors.
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As populations become more mobile, so interest grows in bi- and multilingualism, particularly in the context of education. This volume focuses on the singular situation in Israel, whose complex multiculturalism has Hebrew and Arabic as official languages, English as an academic and political language, and tongues such as Russian and Amharic spoken by immigrants. Presenting research on bi- and trilingualism in Israel from a multitude of perspectives, the book focuses on four aspects of multilingualism and literacy in Israel: Arabic-Hebrew bilingual education and Arabic literacy development; sec.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
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- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:Dordrecht
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 264 pages) : : illustrations (some color)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789400723276, 940072327X
- DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-2327-6
- oclc:ocn765949003
- LC Classification:P115
- Dewey Decimal:404/.2
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