Friday, January 15, 2010

Women's ESL Dominance Tied to Job Demands

Most ESL classes are about 70% female. These women want to get better jobs and to help their children with their school work. - - Donna Poisl

By Bijoyeta Das, WeNews correspondent

Immigrant women far outnumber men in English as a Second Language classes across the states. Helping school-age children is one big reason. So is gaining access to work.

(WOMENSENEWS)--A year ago, when Delma Santucei's 4-year-old daughter asked her to read a book in English there was long awkward silence.

Then came her momentous decision.

"Now is my time to go to school and learn English," said Santucei, who emigrated from Brazil 10 years ago with her husband. "It made me afraid. I don't want to teach wrong word for her," she said.
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