[etni] Re: english in norway
- From: Michele Ben <mggben@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: groff1@xxxxxxxxxxxx, ETNI <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:57:57 +0300
I have just spent 8 days in Norway. Everyone we met spoke English fluently,
including the airport-bus driver and the kids working as cashiers in the
supermarkets. In other countries, including Germany, we've often
encountered people who don't speak English. Being able to communicate
easily with absolutely everyone we encountered in Norway, no matter what age
or profession, was a pleasant surprise. I,, too, wondered about their
English language education there, but it didn't occur to me to ask anyone
about it. Silly me.
Michele
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM, groff1 <groff1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i met three teens at a jerusalem pool today who were from norway. two girls
> were 16 years old and one boy was 13 years old.
> i heard them speaking to each other in a foreign that i didn't recognize
> so i asked them if they spoke english. they were able to converse in english
> and were happy to share information about their english education.
> i found out some very interesting information that i would like to share.
>
> the first thing i learned was that they were told early on by their parents
> and teachers that learning english was a very important part of their
> education and they respected that advice.
>
> 1. one girl said that her mother placed her in front of the tv for 1/2 an
> hour from the age of 3 so that she could get used to hearing english. she
> continued listening to english programs and although she eventually learned
> to read norwegian after a while she removed the norwegian text from the tv
> screen. in fact, both girls shared the experience of removing the text from
> the screen.
> 2. both girls said that they watched a lot of english tv and of course used
> the internet as do their friends.
> 3. the girls said that they and their friends read english books for
> pleasure.
> 4. in high school they are asked to give short english presentations
> several times during the year.
> 5. the girls said that english was fun and felt comfortable speaking with
> me in english.
> 6. i asked them what subjects they liked in school. the girls told me they
> liked language especially english and the boy told me that he was dyslexic
> and he liked soccer and sports.he, i might add, he also felt quite
> comfortable speaking english but jumped into the swimming pool somewhere
> during our conversation.
>
> i was very impressed with the ease in which they expressed themselves and
> the sense of confidence they displayed in speaking english with me.
>
> what a joy. they were delightful!
>
> zehava
>
>
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