Immigrant influx to Chicago suburbs spawns foreign language schools for kids

[Francis Hult]

Chicago Tribune

 

Immigrant influx to Chicago suburbs spawns foreign language schools for kids

 

As immigrants flock to Chicago's suburbs, more parents put faith in foreign-language schools to pass on culture to their children

 

Art and Maria Guelis are well-educated Russians who speak their native language at home, read Tolstoy and Dostoevski and watch Internet TV programs out of Moscow. But their 7-year-old son, George, always answers his parents in English.

Determined to pass on their linguistic heritage, the Guelises recently adopted a time-honored immigrant strategy that is burgeoning in Chicago's suburbs. They enrolled him in Saturday language classes in addition to his public schooling.

 

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-language_04jan04,1,1187786.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

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