Re: English Speakers in Israel According to the Wikipedia

The question is how do we define English speaker.
If English speaker is defined as someone whose main language is English,
maybe Wikipedia is right, although I also find it strange that the number is
so low.

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On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Shlomi Fish <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Hi all!
>
> According to:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population
>
> Israel has a total of 100,000 English speakers. That makes little sense to
> me
> as:
>
> 1. Israeli pupils receive at least 8 years of English education before
> university.
>
> 2. Most Israelis I know (or heard of) have a working knowledge of English.
> Even cab drivers and kiosk salesmen tend to have usable English.
>
> 3. Israel is famous for the good knowledge of English of its inhabitants.
>
> 4. There are more University graduates who have acquired English in their
> studies than that.
>
> ----------
>
> Looking at the chart it seems this number is equal to the number of
> *native*
> English speakers and there is no number for speakers as an additional
> language. So this is misleading.
>
> Does anyone have any idea about how to correct this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>
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