Hebrew as Heritage: The Work of Language in Religious and Communal Continuity

Autor/in	Avni, Sharon
Titel	Hebrew as Heritage: The Work of Language in Religious and Communal Continuity
Quelle	In: Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 23 (2012) 3, S.323-333 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0898-5898
DOI	10.1016/j.linged.2012.06.004
Schlagwörter	Semitic Languages; Jews; Day Schools; Ethnography; Ideology; Foreign Countries; Junior High School Students; Language Usage; Travel; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Heritage Education; Language Maintenance; Private Schools; Classroom Communication; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Hebräisch; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Day school; Halbtagsschule; Ethnografie; Ideologie; Ausland; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Sprachgebrauch; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachpflege; Private school; Privatschule; Klassengespräch
Abstract	While Hebrew education maintains a dominant position in Jewish educational contexts, little research has looked at what the practice of Hebrew language education looks like on a daily basis. Drawing from an 18-month ethnography of junior high school students attending a private non-Orthodox all day school, this article critically examines the ways in which Hebrew was thought about and used in the classroom and during a two-week school-sponsored trip to Israel. Specifically, the article examines the multiple meanings that students and faculty infused into their use of Hebrew through their ideologies, words, and actions. It shows that the students and teachers drew upon Hebrew language ideologies in their daily practices, invariably appropriating them in complex and unexpected ways. This article concludes with a discussion on the relationship between heritage language learning and communal efforts to ensure continuity. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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