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reading skills, Mrs. Kline said. Rather than mere words on the page of a reading book, suddenly the kindergartners saw their spoken words transcribed into wTiting by their seventh-grade helpers. “They wanted to read their own words, as well as the ones given in response.”
For the children in New York, Ms. Marshall added, the responses in English from their country correspondents provided an extra incentive for them to learn English so they could read them. “It gave the child with limited English proficiency a chance to talk about himself and his family,” Mrs. Kaufman said. “His feelings and ideas were important!”
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