Since English is so hard to learn, immigrants who study for months or years to become fluent should be commended. Many of the people in this class are also benefiting because their children are in preschool at the same facility. - - Donna Poisl
As parents learn, free preschool for kids
by Laura Moody
TAMPA - Inside the teaching lab at the University Area Community Development Center, teacher Dan Hromalik has a big crowd.
"If I felt, you use the conditional," he said to the thirty or so students.
English is one of the hardest languages in the world to master. So the fact that they're here every day says a lot, but when you consider they've all endured so much just to be in this country, it means even more.
They're all learning English thanks to the Hillsborough County school district's English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program. "There [are] actually three classes a day, morning, midday and night," said Julian Garcia, Executive Director of the University Area Community Development Corporation. "All three are well attended."
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