Estonians need a lesson too, claims think tank

By Joel Alas

TALLINN - Estonians should be taught to be less hostile and more sympathetic to people learning their language, according to the chief architect of the nation’s new integration program. A week after Russian-speaking 10th grade children began a new set of Estonian-language literature classes, Ain Aaviksoo from the Praxis Centre for Policy Studies suggested Estonians should also be given classes in how to be more embracing of new speakers. Aaviksoo spoke on Sept. 7 at a conference in Tallinn whe ...

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