Visiting a foreign country where one doesn't know how to speak or
write the language can be daunting for anyone. Moving to and living in a
country where the language is different can be paralyzing.
Hundreds of such adults have changed their lives learning to speak,
read and write English by taking classes with the English for Speakers
of Other Languages (ESOL) program at Canton City Schools Adult Basic
Literacy Education (ABLE). Here in the second of three articles about
adult literacy students we meet Buu Dinh Truongpan, and learn of her
determination to attain higher education and get a better paying job.
Truongpan, was born in China and at age 2 moved to Vietnam. Her family
is made up of 11 girls and three boys. She has lived in the U.S. for two
decades, 10 years in Jackson Township and 12 years in Cleveland. She
met her husband in Vietnam, and later married him in France. The couple
have two daughters, ages 14 and 18.
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