Arabs and Arabic Grammar Instruction in Israeli Universities: Alterity, Alienation and Dislocation

‘Pure’ Farsi and political sensitivities: Language and ideologies in Farsi complementary language classrooms in Denmark

“…Science was thus invoked as a different authority. Our case in this way resembles – but is justified differently from – the decontextualised language pedagogy in Turkish classrooms in Cyprus (Rampton, Charalambous and Charalambous ), in Israeli Arabic classrooms (Uhlmann , ), and (somehow ironically) English teaching in Iran (Borjian ).…”

“…As our aim is to demonstrate some of the links between language ideologies, norms of (double) monolingualism and political histories, we find it relevant to consider the relations between the language classroom and the political context. A few studies have covered a similar terrain: according to Uhlmann (, ), in Israel, Arabic is taught in a way similar to ancient (and no longer spoken) languages (Latin, Greek), and the teachers, mainly Hebrew speaking Jews, lack oral skills. The many native speakers of Arabic are disregarded as suitable teachers, among other reasons because the Israeli military dominates (parts of the) Arabic instruction and sees Arabs as a default security risk.…”