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Deborah Dubiner
The medium of instruction of most Israeli institutions of higher education is Hebrew. Although there are a number of institutions where the medium of instruction is Arabic, many students belonging to the Arab-speaking minority choose to study in Hebrew-medium institutions. Studying in a Hebrew-speaking institution, as such, raises several issues among the Arabic-speaking minority in Israel, such as language choice, translanguaging, and the link between language and ethnolinguistic identity. This paper examines how Arabic-Hebrew bilinguals perceive the connection between their language practices and their ethnolinguistic identity. A mixed-methods methodology was adopted, combining data collected from in-depth interviews with Arabic-Hebrew bilinguals, and quantitative data collected through questionnaires. Results indicate that Arabic-Hebrew bilinguals differ in their attitudes towards the relationship between language choice and ethnolinguistic identity. This study contributes to the body of research exploring the relationship between language and identity in multilingual settings.
