Abstract
The goal of the present study is to investigate how Arabic is acquired among Jewish pupils who learn it as a second language (SL) in Israel and how Arabs acquire the Arabic language as their first language (L1). Both groups study Arab together in bilingual schools. This topic has not been investigated in bilingual schools in Israel. Such a study of this topic may clarify the developmental process of Arabic among Arab and Jewish students compared with their peers in regular monolingual schools. The research population comprised of random samples of 30 Arabic pupils and 30 Jewish pupils from each grade level: An overall sample consisted of 180 participants from bilingual schools. Similar sample was sampled from regular monolingual Arab and Jewish schools. The statistical analysis revealed no significant differences between pupils’ groups in the 3rd grade, particularly about Arab pupils learning in bilingual schools and Arab pupils learning in monolingual schools. However, the result of the higher grades revealed that bilingual pupils, Arabs and Jews, received better abilities regarding Arabic than their Arab peers learning in monolingual schools, which supports the idea of the advantages in providing bilingual education from an early age for both Jews and Arabs in Israel.
Highlights
This study investigates the learning of Arabic by Jews and Arabs learning together in bilingual schools
Development of skills in Arabic Pupils’ skills development in the Arabic language was examined by two different comparisons; first, it was checked whether the linguist skills in Arabic of Arabic pupils learning in bilingual school differ from those of Arabic pupils learning in monolingual schools, and the second was checking whether the Arabic language skills of these two groups differ from those of the Jewish pupils learning in bilingual schools that for them, Arabic is a second language (SL)
Analysis of Arabic skills in 3rd grade Generally, the results of 3rd grade revealed that there were no significant differences between Arab pupils learning in bilingual schools, Jewish pupils learning in bilingual schools, and Arab pupils learning in monolingual schools
Summary
This study investigates the learning of Arabic by Jews and Arabs learning together in bilingual schools. How do their Arabic language skills develop, especially among Jewish pupils that Arabic is not their mother tongue?. The aim of this study is to investigate how Arabic as a language of conflict is reflected among Jewish pupils who learn a second language, which is not their mother tang. This subject has not yet been investigated in bilingual schools in Israel. A study of this subject will shed light on the developmental process of Arabic among Arab and Jewish students compared with their peers in monolingual schools
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