Success As Sweet No Matter The Language
The special holiday edition of the Easy English Times brought Grossmont College student Amina Maronesy close to tears when she opened it.
The national publication for English as a Second Language students published one of her poems, which her former ESL teachers posted on bulletin boards.
“English is a very difficult language to learn,” said ESL instructor Mimi Pollack, who submitted Maronesy’s poems for publication. “It’s nice to see someone who has mastered the language enough that she’s writing poems in it. It’s an inspiration for (ESL) students.”
Maronesy, 44, who is from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has overcome many obstacles as a refugee, Pollack said. Pollack calls Maronesy a role model for the 600 ESL students who enroll at Grossmont College every semester because she is realizing her potential by writing in her adopted language.
