[etni] fw: RE: goal of English as a Second language in Israel
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From: "Adele Raemer and Laurie Levy" <raemer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: goal of English as a Second language in Israel
I remember being told at a conference quite a few years ago,
that teaching English in Israel has changed from being teaching
EFL to almost ESL, since ALL Israelis are surrounded by the
language everywhere they go. As Esther wrote about non-native
English speakers wanting to practice their English on English
speakers (a thing that used to bother me, but now I love it!),
and television, advertisements, road signs (will those start to
be in Russian? I wonder!) popular music and movies, not to
mention, the Internet (and probably more things that don't
come to mind now).
I have a feeling that there is also a status thing going on here
- the status of the English language, as opposed to the Russian
language - in Israel, as well as throughout the world.
Adele
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