There are lessons in spoken English, etiquette and even on the use of a fork and knife.
Its self-consciously surreal libretto by Luisa Costa Gomes includes arias in Portuguese and a spoken part in English for the elegantly reserved dancer, Lucinda Childs.
But those seeking to scrap bilingual education say that Hispanic youngsters should be encouraged to become completely fluent in written and spoken English if they are to have an equal chance in the jobs market.
He walks himself around a nearby park when employees go outside to smoke, responds to commands spoken in English, German and Polish, and has even managed to win over employees who suffer allergies and a fear of dogs.
From the Elizabethan English spoken in Chesapeake Bay to the Basque in Elko, Nevada, America's ethnic melting pot refuses categorically to dissolve.
By 1940 Jewish parents and their children at the southwestern corner of New Jersey's largest city talked to one another in an American English that sounded more like the language spoken in Altoona or Binghamton than like the dialects famously spoken across the Hudson by our Jewish counterparts in the five boroughs.
''I suspect the locals had low expectations, '' he says in perfect, if soft-spoken English.
Kallon had previously spoken about his dream of playing in the English Premier League but it seems the Leone Star has new goals in mind.
But the words can come in a phonetic English form, Chinese characters and even spoken form.
Somali is a close second to English as the most-spoken first language in Moss Side schools.
English, Maori and Samoan are the three most spoken languages in New Zealand.
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