[lg policy] Boston: Helping Somalis build bridges of language

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Boston Globe



Helping Somalis build bridges of language



Until this year, 14-year-old Burhan Ali could hardly speak to his mother.



His mother, a refugee from Somalia, would scold him in her native
tongue, and Burhan would fume silently. For the American-born
teenager, it was living "like I'm on mute.''



They were mother and son, separated by one language: Somali.



But that has been changing in the past few weeks. Every morning,
Burhan has voluntarily studied his mother's language as part of a
six-week summer program in Boston that offers youths jobs and free
classes.



Full story:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/12/boston_program_helps_teens_bridge_somali_language_culture_barrier/

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