Boston: Helping Somalis build bridges of language

[Francis Hult]

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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