Spanish studies might boost Latinos' English skills

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Spanish studies might boost Latinos' English skills
By NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES, Staff Writer


DURHAM -- Mario Guifarro has spoken Spanish his entire life. Now, at 11, the
Chewning Middle School student is finally learning to read it.

Each Monday and Wednesday, Mario sits in a classroom after school with nine
other students and receives Spanish grammar and spelling lessons.
Some of the students are bilingual; others are just beginning to learn
English. None of them is highly literate in his or her parents' native tongue.

Teaching Spanish literacy to Spanish speakers in public schools is a novel
idea in North Carolina. The director of the organization that provides tutors
for the Durham Public Schools program said that although he provides tutoring
for several of the state's districts, this is the first time he's received a
request to teach Spanish to Spanish speakers.

Founders acknowledge that the concept of the program -- called Heritage
Language -- might irk those who would say any money and efforts should be 
spent on
teaching these students English.

But school officials argue that educators nationwide understand that
English-language learners benefit from literacy instruction in their native 
language.
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