New York: Language Boon Or Language Barrier?

[Francis Hult]

The Jewish Week

 

Language Boon Or Language Barrier?

 

When the new school year opens next September, a group of first graders whose parents hail from such far-flung places as Russia, Pakistan, Mexico, China and the Caribbean, along with others born in New York City, will put on a fashion show at school. They'll learn the names for articles of clothing, do an art project on the theme of couture and model their attire.


But rather than English or their native languages, when the children present the fashion project at their Brooklyn public school, they will be speaking Hebrew.

 

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http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a15074/News/New_York.html

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