The newcomers
finding refuge, friendship, and hope in an American classroom
by Helen Thorpe
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Follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers from nations devastated by drought or famine or war, over the course of their first school year in America. The talented and endlessly resourceful Denver South High School teacher Mr. Eddie Williams welcomes these students, who speak fourteen different languages but no English and are completely unfamiliar with American culture, to his specially created English Language Acquisition class. He guides them through the enormous challenges of gaining basic English skills, adapting to life in the developed world, and coping with the usual pangs of adolescence. Together their class represents a microcosm of the global refugee crisis, and highlights the moral issues of immigration, inclusion, and America's role on the global stage.
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Teenage immigrants, Foreign speakers, Study and teaching, Education (Secondary), Americanization, English language, Teenage refugees, New York Times reviewed, Refugees, united states, Social adjustment, Multiculturalism, United states, emigration and immigration, Students, EDUCATION, Multicultural Education, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY, English as a Second Language, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Emigration & Immigration, South High School (Denver, Colo.), Teenage immigrants -- Education (Secondary) -- Colorado -- Denver, Teenage refugees -- Education (Secondary) -- Colorado -- Denver, English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, Teenage immigrants -- Colorado -- Denver, Teenage refugees -- Colorado -- DenverShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The newcomers: finding refuge, friendship, and hope in an American classroom
2017, Scribner
in English
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
1501159097 9781501159091
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