Avi Gvura

• PhD at Beit Berl College

The present research reveals the challenges and coping methods of Arab teachers in Hebrew-language schools based on Contact Theory in a multicultural context. This qualitative study uses a semi-structured interview of interpretive processes influenced by personal and social structures. The participants: nine Muslim Arab teachers, ages 25–32, teachi...

This article examines the perceptions of education students from the Jewish and Arab sectors regarding how teachers deal with the challenges of heterogeneous classrooms. The study uses a qualitative research paradigm. The participants are 26 male and female students studying for bachelor's degrees in teaching Hebrew in elementary school at two larg...

The article describes a shift in meaning of two verbs of motion, yatsa (“come out”) and hotsi (“take out”), in set phrases in contemporary spoken and written Hebrew. The shift is metaphorical, from physical motion signifying a move from one place to another to a change in social conduct and in emotional and/or mental state. The examples are taken f...

The article discusses some questions that rise while referring to the disjunction phrases or, and/or in the Hebrew legal contract. It examines their role and points the linguistic functions they have in this contract, and also checks the necessity of the phrase and/or. The disjunction phrases or, and/or are very common in legal texts, and possess d...