Some, like Ahmed, haven't seen their family for months, but, to fill the time, is learning English whilst being cared for.

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The notion that youngsters can't be taught reading in tandem with learning English is preposterous.

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Learning English is in high demand internationally, and Germany, Switzerland and South Korea are among the countries that pay the largest teacher salaries.

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Their attitude is, we want our kids learning English when they're in first grade -- and we're laying off teachers here in North Carolina?

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If citizenship is a test to certain requirements, like learning English, paying a fine, then you actually get majority support for citizenship.

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Although outsiders are sometimes enthusiastic about their children learning Gaelic, language campaigners admit that many locals have long thought that it is English that matters most for their bairns' future.

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The ideal Ashbery reader is a foreigner or an extra-terrestrial: there can be no more liberating way of learning English than from these wacky, dandified samplings.

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We know that real reform means providing a responsible pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are currently living in the shadows -- a pathway that includes passing a background check and paying taxes and a penalty, and learning English and then, going to the back of the line behind everyone else who is trying to come here legally.

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