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Old January 4th, 2013 #1
littlefieldjohn
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Default English Textbook Calls Israel 'Occupied Palestine'

Textbook Calls Israel 'Occupied Palestine', Publisher Apologizes for 'Genuine Mistake"

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A popular textbook used by institutions and teachers to teach English as a second language to students in the UK has been found to have a serious anti-Israel bias.

"I teach English as a foreign language in a further education college in Nottingham, England. I came across the attached map and couldn't believe my eyes!" Liz Wiseman told Israel Today.

The textbook in question is "Skills in English Writing Level 1", which includes a map of the Middle East on which Israel is nowhere to be found.

While Wiseman acknowledges she was not obligated to use this particular textbook, it is one of the more popular and mainstream English Language Teaching (ELT) textbooks published by one of the more popular and mainstream ELT publishers, Garnet Education.

Garnet Education bills itself thus:

"Garnet Education is an independent English Language Teaching (ELT) publisher, specialising in English for Academic Purposes. We produce award-winning ELT books, multimedia resources and tests for students of all ages, from kindergarten to university."

This is far from an isolated incident, which is motivation for drawing attention to this particular case. It is not only in the Middle East where students, both adults and children, are being taught that Israel has no right to exist. The more students around the world are fed this brand of propaganda, the more remote prospects for true peace become.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsIte...6/Default.aspx
 
Old January 4th, 2013 #2
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Notice how quickly the article goes from what the book said - 'Occupied Palestine', to what it wants it to have said, that people reading it 'are being taught that Israel has no right to exist'.

And no mention of whether it is a good teaching book for ESL or not - that's not the relevant thing about the book, to them!
 
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Old January 4th, 2013 #4
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What this does say that is interesting, however, is that the writers of the book expected it to be used by mainly Muslim (I'd say 'Arab', but that is a Pakistani name as far as I know) ESL students, and they are pandering to their views.
 
Old January 5th, 2013 #5
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Notice how quickly the article goes from what the book said - 'Occupied Palestine', to what it wants it to have said, that people reading it 'are being taught that Israel has no right to exist'.
And if the corrections are not made, the problem will escalate into anti-semitism, then a "hate crime" requiring investigations, punishments, etc. It's a very predictable pattern.
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