Filed Under: [ Education ] [ Higher Education ] [ Language Issues ] [ Illinois ]
Tags: children, Mexico
Knowledge is Power!
Rosaura Acosta doesn’t have any problems communicating with her four children.
But she knows as soon as they are old enough to attend school, her limited knowledge of English will pose a problem, particularly when it comes to helping them with homework.
Because of this, Acosta, who moved from Mexico to Round Lake Beach eight years ago, joined Families Involved in Reading Stories Together, or FIRST, a program to teach English to young Hispanic mothers so they can assist their sons and daughters with homework.”*
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