The Boston Globe, November 3rd, 2002
BROCKTON - CAROLINA PEDROSA REMEMBERS HER FIRST BRUSH WITH ENGLISH IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS AT THE AIRPORT IN MIAMI, A STOP ON HER LONG JOURNEY FROM BRAZIL TO MASSACHUSETTS, AND IT INVOLVED ASKING FOR A SODA. She pointed to the drink with a single word: "That." Two years later, Carolina is in eighth grade at East Junior High School in Brockton, almost ready to join mainstream all-English classes. Carolina credits two things for getting her there: reading newspapers and taking bilingual education classes from teachers who spoke Portuguese. "I wouldn't be speaking English now" if it weren't ...
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