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Facing the challenges of learning English as a foreign language in Israel: in response to Ganschow, Sparks and Schneider

✍ Scribed by Janina Kahn-Horwitz; Naomi Roffman; Tova Gerta Teitelbaum

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 39 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 1076-9242
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0909(199809)4:3<169::aid-dys108>3.0.co;2-n

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This article describes the difficulties which Hebrew-speaking students with learning differences face when learning English as a foreign language in Israel. It considers ways of identifying these students and describes methods used for providing support in foreign language learning. This includes an account of how the Israeli Ministry of Education provides for these students.

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