ESL Students Overcome Language Barriers
Being raised in a language definitely has its advantages over learning a language and culture that is half a world away and very different. Students of Upper Iowa University’s ESL (English as a Second Language) Program brought some of their challenges to the attention of Oelwein High School students in a visit last week.
English as a second language classes have grown in size at Upper Iowa University as future college students from China, Japan and Mongolia work through the process of learning the English language and adapting to American culture.
The 17 ESL students divided into four groups and gave presentations in various classrooms at the high school. They talked about their families, culture, education and what brought them to enroll in the ESL Program at UIU.
