MPR: Learning two languages, one at a time

“In a Minneapolis classroom, Apolinar closely examines the day’s newspaper. The words have absolutely no meaning to him. But he’s looking at a story with lots of pictures. They tell him it’s about a town in his home of Morelos, Mexico. He’s excited to tell his teacher and classmate what he sees.

Apolinar is 33 and he’s learning to read and write in Spanish. His class is being used for research purposes and all students have been granted anonymity. But Apolinar is letting us use his first name. He says it’s hard to get by.”

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