Alexandra, a 32-year-old Russian immigrant who has lived in the United States for 8 years, commented on the necessity for learning English:
Absolutely, especially for people who are planning to live here. I understand when people sometimes come here for few years, like for different reasons and go back, then it’s probably not necessary… Depends on what you want to do here, but if you are planning to live in America, absolutely. It is gonna become your country, you have to speak the language. There is no other way not to.”
