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COMMUNITY: StuutMllc church meeting place for newcomers “We lvach lhvm aniish. hul vw‘rv uflvrmg \hvm Invndship .md fvllmvship." mplailwd Wanda knights. a L u-(mhnalm uftht' English a.» a Second {unguugv pmgram at Eusmidm‘ [mum-Hm] Misximmry (Zhun'h. I luddlvd lngvthvr (M-r rum-c and (in)ka dunng hunk mm- M" mu women â€"-, our from anama. the other from Sri lanka. They communicate in their mmnum Ian-- gauge of anlixh. Rtmmn lamina Shiuluwa and (tha's l1 Hm: ( £u haw bu'onw inw;mrable. All of 010 xnuk‘ms came to Canada for Winn» n-awm. but typically m be with uthur familv mvmlx'n and Iiw a bum life. k'sufi' Uuy a 42vyear-uld format IT nei- wm analvst. arrived In 2m). ’ "Young peopk in China want a new life. It's work and work Wad: n:tu hard and nuke mon- mnnt'y.” she said. Ms Uu arrived. a your aim! her hmband. She speaks. excellent Englhh. dvspilt‘ only taking ESL classes'fm a few months. Also in the chm is he! mother. \"mg (‘.u. who left her husband behind in (Mina In years ago to be with her daughter. soanJaw findéhfldmn. fl want to have more confidence m’xh English." she said. v like Ms Liu. Eric Gut) had m give up a good job as an engineer in China in order to come here and keep his famfly nap-um. He thought Warning English wnuld be easy. Mr. Gun. 59. has had three mchcws for engineering poshiuns this year but in each case he was told he needed to impmve his English. “Without English. you ran't do nmhing,” he Said. (kmwmtiuns "wt 1hr phone .m' panic ukuly difficult. he admitted. As is shopping While adults {mm amund the world speak to each other in their host lingfish dun’ng Claus breaks and when tht'y we catch ntlwr axially. when H mm to the lamguage spo- ken at home. it's their mother tongues. He has been taking RSI, classes sim‘v 2010. “It's important. culturally. it's pan of tholr backgmuml lu sprain llwir mutlwr mnguc a! English students sink teeth into language, cookies ‘Pmph' (an be here in Canada for years and wars and they've waver been invited into other pc'oplc's homes' I“ SANDRA (MILAN 'anwwmg . nm ask questions. 0!: other will answct and then they switch. ‘STAH NOVMKXID M"! V" N Martian Booming (H!) and lin Yang converse using the double line technique at [‘31. class at EastRidgc Church in Sluuffvillc. One will hume." Ms Knights said. The one exception is Ms Shitikm'a, 67. who ranw m be'wilh her daughter who married an English-speaking ( Lmadian so “I must speak [ingikh at hnnw“ In census data issued last month by Sm- macs (hunch. nun-official languages warm the must spoken mother tongues m Whitchurchfitouflvflk homvs. after English. "l mummy than. I think its Myluk-rful." Ms Knights said. Ms Uu. 52. his two chiidmn bum in ( :m- ada. who loam English at school and spvak Mandarin at hume. . "M hope they will speak both languages when they grow up." she said. 'l‘hmugh the ESL rlaxscs. Ms Knights nut only teaches the students lmghsh. but aim some typtcal Canadian things. «such as bah ing chmnkflo Chip amides. the finer points 01‘ hm dog and marshmalkrw masts as wvll as ('Zhnstmeu traditions. Pm luck dinners take place in qmdcms' homes “onpk- (fan be how in (kumda in! wars and years and lhvy'w m-wr hem mmed imn mhc-r [\l't\[)'¢"\ humps." xh» mid "‘Wv m; m inlmduw them In things we du as ( :madi ~ ans and Smuflvifle people." shl‘ said. When it comes to educating the studcms (m Smuflvfllc specifically. rt‘prtwvmaliws from tho Terry Fox nm as wvll as. Stutan lgmna Project have made pmomannns. (lmncillor (13,110 Smith has ulsu sputum m the gmup. as has Paul ( alumna. MP fur ()ak Ridges~M3fkham "We‘re showing how wc all bk-ml number H) [mm one mmmuniw." shv said. . I! will be tuur yeah lhn human that Ms Knighls has been ofion-ng the luv [51. (‘lasm a! limkldw. After noticing a mm m Wlnuhurch- Sumfiviile's ck-mugraphics. \ht‘ gust felt more was a great need for it Mmrding m Ms Knights. must 0! NW uwm's imnngmnl pnpuldmm did nut unm- dm'uly how [mm lht‘lr mmw mumnm. Mx 1m. Mrs Ying (.u. M\ \hiukm’u and Mr. (hm all wcm In lnrumn first. Ms Liu and hm faunin unwed m Smufl'x'zllv last yvur because thv huuws .m' largm Mr. (hm originally muwd In a Narhm uugh neighlmmhmxi in 2mm whet? a“ M his m-igiflmun wurv alsn ( Zhinmv F0! M W on £35m Damn pm MMmmwo’wHQOSGJO-EH "Vt-w cnmkxi. ls llns (,lem 0: Canada?" ho inked "l‘asy In mmmunk‘alc. hm hanivr In learn English." he said, Ilv mm“! m Mmmvillv In mm, "This place is qum and wry friendly.” hr said