09 Mar 2009 08:22 pm
Older Refugees Among Students Learning English
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DeKalb Technical College runs the largest adult English as a Second Language program in the state, enrolling about 2,000 students at any one time at seven campuses, said Diane Hunter, lead ESL teacher for the Clarkston daytime program. The college’s program at Clarkston International Bible Church, behind City Hall, has about 500 students. As many as 70 percent are refugees, most living in the Clarkston area. It’s a jumble of people from war-torn countries: Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Vietnam. New waves of students hail from Myanmar and Burundi.
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