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For students who arrive in the United States without English proficiency, the classroom can feel like a maze — unfamiliar, overwhelming and isolating. For some students in southern Delaware, getting help with learning the language has been more difficult than it’s supposed to be.
New students, often immigrants or refugees, are expected to adapt quickly despite coming from diverse cultural backgrounds where English is not their first language. They can find themselves struggling to understand not just their coursework, but also social cues and expectations that may come more naturally to their classmates…