English lessons make life easier for immigrants on campus

University students volunteer to teach immigrants English. It is changing lives and opening up a whole new world for them. - - Donna Poisl

BY ALI EAVES, Collegian Reporter

Majak Yai leaned over the book and carefully sounded out the words.
“And she can turn people into st-stone and do all kinds of horrible things,” he read aloud.

He finished the chapter, closed the book and smiled. “I think it’s better than before, right?” he asked his tutor. Just seven months ago, Yai, 24, did not speak English.

“When I started, I did not even know to say ‘Hi,’” he said.

Now, with the help of six dedicated tutors and C. S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” he can speak it, read it and write it a little, too.
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