Re: Does anyone know...?
BGindis who-is-at aol.com
Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:20:34 -0400
Dear Ana, according to Gita (see: "Rememberin Father" special edition of
Educational Psychologist, Vol. 30, #2, Spring 1995, pp. 57-59) ..."The
coversation (between Vygotsky and Levin - BG) was in German" p. 57. In her
opening address in Dundee (June of 1995, Vygotsky's Theme Day during the 16
ISPA Colloquium), Gita listed the German language among languages L.S. had
mastered in his childhood. In her another memoir (see: "His life" special
edition of School Psychology International, Vol. 16, #2, pp. 105-116) she
wrote about the German language spoken by his parents and German literature
(poetry) appreciated by the family. IN personal communication on several
occasions she mentioned German as the "second language" for L.S. I think
that takes care of Gita's testimonies. There are numerous other evidences in
literature (I do not have them at hand, sorry) that V. was able to speak and
read German. Boris Ginds.