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From: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
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Subject: Re: Americans and Foreign Languages
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Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 01:18:11 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 14 01:18:11 1986
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In Israel, new immigrants are taught Hebrew in Ulpans -special language
schools. An opinion I once heard from a teacher in one of these, states
that the degree of difficulty they encounter, according to country of origin,
in increasing order is: Rumania, Hungary, South America (mainly Argentina),
Russia, Western Europe, and Anglo-Saxon (British, Americans & South African).
The latter, especially older people, almost never learn, and keep to English
speaking company. Speakers of Arabic, of course have the least trouble of all.
-- 
	Amos Shapir

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