This class teaches English to the parents of immigrant children. DP
Cultural Harmony Program aims to help immigrants assimilate
BY DENNIS JORDAN Correspondent
independent.gmnews.com: On a Thursday afternoon, long after most schoolchildren and teachers have put aside textbooks, chalkboards and lockers for the day, some of the classrooms at Keyport Central Elementary School are still abuzz with lessons.
On this particular Thursday, two students occupy two front-row desks and listen as the teacher standing in front of them explains proper past-tense verb usage and pronunciation.
"I taked?" one student answers. "I took," the teacher corrects.
"I seeing?" the other student suggests. "I saw," the teacher responds.
"Picture is pronounced pik-chur," the teacher says while writing the phonetic spelling on the board.
It is a scene not uncommon in schools across the United States: students staying after school to receive one-on-one help with a teacher.What is unique about this session is that the two students in the classroom in Keyport are adults with children of their own.
The teacher is not a school employee, but a volunteer tutor, and the class being taught is English as a second language (ESL), a course reserved for non-English speakers.
The two students today, Lindelia and Ayla, are immigrants from Colombia and Turkey, respectively, and have children enrolled in Keyport Central Elementary.
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