Imagine Online School in a Language You Don’t Understand [newyorktimes.com]

Donielle Prince 5/5/2012:37 PM

Story at The New York Times [newyorktimes.com]

By Rikha Sharma Rani

"Like many parents, Zainab Alomari has spent the last month trying to help her children learn at home. But unlike most, she has been talking to teachers and working through lessons in a language she barely understands.

Ms. Alomari came to the United States in 2006 from Yemen, where she spoke Arabic. She knows only a few basic English words and phrases.

Four of her six children attend Oakland public schools. When teachers call, Ms. Alomari makes sure her daughter Maysa, 15, is around to serve as an interpreter, handing her the phone mid-conversation. When one of her children has a question about the instructions on an assignment, Ms. Alomari relies on Google Translate.

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William GallagherMember

It's great to know several languages from childhood and school age. This may give more options in the future. But unfortunately this has never been my forte, so I prefer to ask for help. And that site was just a godsend for me. Thanks to this, I received a high-quality Burmese translation in a short time.

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