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The Weight of English in Global Perspective: The Role of English in Israel

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Similar to most countries in the world today, English in Israel plays a major role, both as a global and a local language in multiple domains such as business, academia,media, and education, as well as in daily interactions. English is the language of texts that students are required to read in academia in most disciplines; it is a language frequently “peppered” in Hebrew oral interactions, especially by youth in urban spaces;it is a language widely used in the cyber space and the one used in global corporations and high-technological companies; it is also a language heard in most films and television programs accompanied by translations but no dubbing. Finally, it is a language
that all students are required to learn from a very early age of elementary school and through the end of secondary school; in addition, a high level of English proficiency is required for admission into higher education institutions. English is the language that is widely displayed in public spaces, at times along with Hebrew and more rarely
with Arabic; English is to be found also as a single language in names of shops,advertisements, names of buildings, commercials, announcements, and instructions.According to a study by Ben Rafael, Shohamy, Amara, and Trumper-Hecht (2006)that documented the languages displayed in public spaces (e.g., linguistic landscape),in Israel English is displayed almost as frequently as Hebrew, the dominant and official language, in areas where Jews reside. This is in stark contrast to the absence of English in public places in towns and villages where Arabs live; in these areas, Arabic,the other official language of Israel, is the main language of communication as well as the medium of instruction in all Arab schools. Arabic in these areas is dominant in public spaces, along with Hebrew; yet English is hardly to be found.

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Review of Research in Education

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: AERA., 2014

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Review of Research in Education March 2014, Vol. 38, pp. 273-289

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