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Telling Stories Helps Refugee Children Learn a New Language

Year

2015

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

5m 30s

Publication Information

NewsHour Productions

Summary

How do young children who have come to the United States as immigrants or refugees learn English? At one early education school and laboratory in Houston, the new language comes to life when kids use storytelling and dramatic play to get talking. The NewsHour's April Brown reports.

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