Monday 28 May 2007
Introduction: integration and language proficiency
I would like to discuss with immigrants and Irish people about the immigrants' experience of living and integrating in Ireland. In particular, from the point of view of the immigrants, I am interested in their experience in relation to achieving fluency in English, integrating in the Irish socienty and interacting with native English speakers. In relation to the native English speakers, I would be really interested in their experiences with foreigners and their opinions and feelings about interacting and living with non native English speakers.
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Being a native English speaker I haven't had much problem with the non-English speaking in Ireland. The folks that I work with are learning English fast. They have no choice really as we work on phone support for Irish customers. Whats funny with my co-workers is when they hear a word they dont understand they ask for the meaning, for the most part its slang and they end up speaking it.
However, I have experienced people working in shops with very little or no English making my shopping experience even worse. I think there needs to be a balance when working with the general public.
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