Immigrants learn English at downtown church

Immigrants and refugees from many countries are all together learning English, the first thing they need to succeed here. - - Donna Poisl

By Marc Katz, Staff Writer

DAYTON — Inside downtown’s St. John’s Church, refugees and immigrants greet each other in their native tongues, then sit down in various classrooms to learn English.

The attention spans are long; the faces serious.

“I like people,” said Khedidja Bensmail of Algeria, who has been here five years and lives with her family in Kettering. “I like Americans. This is the best life for my kids.”
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