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Telling stories helps refugee children learn English

Clip: 11/23/2015 | 6m

Telling stories helps refugee children learn English

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.

11/23/2015 | Rating NR

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