naa a22 4500 510809383 CHVBK 20180411083435.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12134-012-0257-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12134-012-0257-1 Raijman Rebeca Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel aut Linguistic Assimilation of First-Generation Jewish South African Immigrants in Israel [Elektronische Daten] [Rebeca Raijman] We contribute to scholarship on the linguistic assimilation of migrants by focusing on the special case of Jewish South African migrants in Israel. English as an international language is widely used in the Israeli society, so immigrants whose mother tongue is English are a very interesting case because they might experience much less social pressure to improve their Hebrew skills than other immigrant groups who speak other languages. The study reveals that, although most first-generation immigrants participated in state-sponsored Hebrew classes and reported relatively moderate levels of language proficiency, it has not become their primary language. Hebrew proficiency proved conditional on age at arrival and rise sharply with tenure in the country and exposure to Hebrew (at origin or at destination). Hebrew proficiency is higher for migrants with more extensive contacts with Israelis and with higher education. Positive synergism emerged between language acquisition and reasons for migrating and attachment to the country. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2012 Language proficiency nationallicence Israel nationallicence South Africans nationallicence Assimilation nationallicence Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/4(2013-11-01), 615-636 1488-3473 14:4<615 2013 14 12134 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-012-0257-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-012-0257-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Raijman Rebeca Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905, Haifa, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/4(2013-11-01), 615-636 1488-3473 14:4<615 2013 14 12134 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer