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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

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Loora's generative AI English-language learning coach. (Courtesy)
June 28, 2023, 4:10 pm
Master English fluency: Israeli startup nabs $9.25m funding for virtual AI tutor
Loora says its personalized English-language learning coach helps users practice and improve conversation skills with real-time feedback on grammar, pronunciation, and accent
By Sharon Wrobel
Students at Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus on the first day of the school year, October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:53 am
NIS 50m per year to be invested in boosting English proficiency among undergraduates
Council for Higher Education’s 5-year plan aims to internationalize Israeli academia by upping the number of courses taught in English, sending students for apprenticeships abroad
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: ultra-Orthodox boys. (Rishwanth Jayapaul/Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 6:26 pm
Majority of ultra-Orthodox men in Israel lack basic English skills – study
26% of ultra-Orthodox Israeli men don’t know English; 28% describe their English as ‘poor,’ and fewer are learning English in school than in the past
By ToI Staff
Children at a kindergarten in Moshav Yashresh, September 5, 2021 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 11, 2022, 10:12 am
Education minister said promoting plan to start teaching English in preschool
Proposal would see kids spend 15-30 minutes a day on activities tied to the international language
By ToI Staff
From 'On the Spectrum,' the YES TV show picked up by Amazon Studios (Courtesy Yes)
June 2, 2020, 7:50 pm
TV provider Yes starts offering shows with English subtitles
The company launches a special VOD library of its award-winning shows, including ‘Fauda’ and ‘Shtisel’
By Jessica Steinberg
An Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York, August 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
February 15, 2020, 1:49 am
Oxford dictionary gets new Jewish-themed entries; some are likely to offend
Among terms added to latest edition of the OED are a number of Yiddish words, derogatory phrases for Jews such as ‘bagel’ and ‘yiddo,’ which fans of English soccer club go by
By Gabe Friedman
Benjamin Dreyer at Hatchards, London’s oldest bookshop, promoting the UK version of his book, 'Dreyer’s English.' (Isabelle Ralphs/ Cornerstone Publishing/ Penguin Random House UK)
July 26, 2019, 9:04 pm
From US to UK, veteran editor Benjamin Dreyer has the last word on English style
The Random House copy chief and self-described ‘nice Jewish boy’ isn’t shy when it comes to proper use of grammar and punctuation — as his new, and humorous, book can attest
By Jenni Frazer
The Yisrael Beytenu election campaign slogan promising that party leader Avigdor Liberman 'won't be cowed,' January 20, 2019. (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
January 21, 2019, 11:14 am
Surrounded by idioms: How campaign slogans get lost in English translation
Key campaign messages with no clear counterparts in the Anglo vernacular present journalists with a challenge; and don’t get us started on party names
By Raoul Wootliff
Still from the Jerusalem-based Khan Theatre production of Nissim Aloni’s 'Napoleon Dead or Alive.' (Yael Elon)
November 13, 2018, 4:10 pm
Three new English-language performances at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater
Special discounts for Times of Israel readers on surtitled productions by Nissim Aloni, Primo Levi, and Natan Alterman
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People hold up placards and Union flags as they gather for a demonstration organized by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism outside the head office of the British opposition Labour Party in central London on April 8, 2018. (AFP/Tolga Akmen)
August 23, 2018, 3:25 am
What’s in a hyphen? Why writing anti-Semitism with a dash distorts its meaning
Regularly spelled with a hyphen in American English but without in academia, some experts claim the punctuation mark slashes the word’s potency
By Matt Lebovic
Israeli schoolchildren videoconference with North American baby boomers during a weekly English lesson. (Courtesy of Israel Connect/via JTA)
June 17, 2018, 9:49 am
Fourth- to eighth-graders to get subsidized after-school spoken English tutoring
New plan unveiled by Education Ministry, Association of Community Centers will use English-speaking adult volunteers to coach groups of up to six children
By Sue Surkes
O'Neal Mahmoud, an Israeli Druze boy from the town of Majdal Shams who speaks fluent English. (Screen capture: Channel 10)
June 3, 2018, 9:12 am
Druze toddler amazes experts by speaking English without having learned it
Family says they don’t know how their 3.5-year-old boy learned language, complete with British accent, and don’t always understand him
By Michael Bachner
An Israeli high school student videoconferences with a North American baby boomer for a weekly English lesson. (Courtesy of Israel Connect/via JTA)
April 6, 2018, 2:57 pm
North American baby boomers teach Israeli kids English — via video chat
For students in many underprivileged periphery schools, Israel Connect is a gateway to cultural exposure, academic excellence and professional success
By Ben Sales
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran, Iran, on December 6, 2017. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
January 8, 2018, 6:01 am
Iran bans English lessons for elementary school children
Head of education council says basic Iranian culture should be emphasized, as regime pushes back against Western influences
By Stuart Winer
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, left and Education Ministry director-general Shmuel Abuav at a press conference in Tel Aviv, August 30, 2017. (Yossi Zamir)
August 30, 2017, 3:28 pm
Bennett unveils NIS 70m plan to get students chatting in English
Education minister says English is a must in high-tech, plans major reform in teaching the language
By Stuart Winer
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