The study investigated a group of 68 young North American young adults who volunteered to teach English in Israeli public schools for a year in the framework of a joint project conducted by the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israeli Ministry of Education entitled 'Israel Teaching Fellows' that was inaugurated in 2013. Employing a pre-post design, the research explored their motivations for joining the program as well as the changes in their self-ascribed identity, attitudes toward Israel and its culture, and gains in Hebrew language proficiency and knowledge about Israel. Findings showed that after spending a year in Israel, the participants gained more knowledge of Israel and improved their proficiency in Hebrew, but no changes were detected in their attitudes and Jewish identity.
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DOI | 10.11648/j.ijll.20180604.11 |
Page(s) | 101-109 |
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Identities, Motivations, Attitudes, Language Proficiency
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Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt; Rivi Carmel. North American Jews in a Year-Long Volunteer Program in Israel: Identities, Motivations, Attitudes, and Hebrew Language Proficiency. Int. J. Lang. Linguist. 2018, 6(4), 101-109. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20180604.11
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Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt, Rivi Carmel. North American Jews in a Year-Long Volunteer Program in Israel: Identities, Motivations, Attitudes, and Hebrew Language Proficiency. Int J Lang Linguist. 2018;6(4):101-109. doi: 10.11648/j.ijll.20180604.11
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