I am not trying to interpret Sergeiy's meaning. I would like to add my
experience.
I do not speak Russian, but everywhere I go I am spoken to in Russian - on
the bus, in shops etc. This has never happened to me in English.
Russian is alive and kicking all over Israel whereas English is not, except
inside a very close and closed community of English speakers as in areas in
Raanana.
Does this help?
Nehama
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adele Raemer and Laurie Levy" <raemer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 6:51 AM
Subject: [etni] Re: fw: Re: goal of English as a Second language in Israel
Dear All, Reading this thread has been very interesting, but I would like to ask Sergeiy what he meant when he wrote:
"There is no environment in Israel in which English actually lives as a language, the way Hebrew, Arabic and Russian are."
In what environment does the Russian language live as a language in Israel,
differently than English does in communities with many English speaking
immigrants? (I apologize for my ignorance - I live in a "cocoon")
Adele
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