Fluent English!
Language barriers in exile
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“Fluent English in a couple weeks. Original, simple, scientific method.”
New York
Speak English fluently! This may have been among the resolutions of Jewish immigrants in the United States for the upcoming Jewish new year. The September edition of “Aufbau” featured a whole array of offers for learning English. Sundry advertisements wooed immigrants with, for example, “a low fee” and “original” methods in order to improve one’s English within a few weeks. These advertisements hit on a market. Because, to those who’d come to the United States, the English language posed an initial and legitimate, yet essential hurdle. Whoever wanted to work in the American environment and build a new life had to be able to be understood.
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Institution:
Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin
Collection:
Unterricht, Aufbau, Vol. 4, No. 10, p. 10
Source available in English
