Immigrant influx to Chicago suburbs spawns foreign language schools for kids

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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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