Together with Dr. Alison Edwards from the University of Leiden and Daniel Weissmann, a student at the English Department of the University of Hamburg, I am working on a project investigating attitudes to English in Israel. English has played an important role in Israel since the onset of the British Mandate in 1920 in the aftermath of WW I. Today, English arguably plays a somewhat more important role in public life in Israel than in much of continental Europe. As in many other countries, English is also widely used in education, business and science.
We are interested in how attitudes to English in Israel compare to attitudes in Germany and the Netherlands, where knowledge of English is similarly spreading among the population.
Questions of language use and language attitudes often cause controversy. Should English be more widely taught in Israel or is too much emphasis being placed on it already? Does the English language threaten to dislodge Hebrew and Arabic from some domains of usage? Do enough people in Israel speak English and do they speak it well enough? Your voice counts in these matters. This survey gives you a chance to share your opinion.
We are interested in when people in Israel use English and what their attitudes to using English in certain contexts are. If you live in Israel, no matter your level of English, we invite to share your opinions with us and complete the survey at https://forms.gle/i3VcBohLr7Y4siSJA . The survey is available in English, Hebrew and Arabic