International Studies Public Lecture
Professor Elana Shohamy from Tel Aviv University will give a seminar titled: "Linguistic Landscape: Language and Public Space" on Wednesday 3 December in W6A 107 from 1-2pm. The seminar will be followed by refreshments.
All welcome!
Dr. Elana Shohamy is a Professor and Chair of the Language Education program at the School of Education, Tel-Aviv University. She researches and writes about multiple issues related to language policies, ideologies and practice in multilingual societies, especially in Israel. Her more recent studies focus on: Language attitudes of Arabs and Jews; spoken Arabic and language attitudes, languages representation in public space (linguistic landscape), academic achievement of immigrants in schools, language tests as language policies, and various issues related to language rights such as language citizenship tests. Her recent books include: The Languages of Israel: Policy Ideology and Practice (with Bernard Spolsky, 1999; Multilingual Matters); The Power of Tests (2001, Longman/Pearson) and Language Policy: Hidden Agendas and New Approaches (2006, Routledge). She is currently the editor of the journal Language Policy.
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Publish Date: 02 Dec 2008
