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    ARMENIAN TAUGHT IN GLENDALE SCHOOLS
    Armen Dilanyan

    Radiolur
    31.08.2011 14:58
    Glendale

    About 25 thousand children attend school in Glendale, 10 thousand
    of them are Armenians. Their parents are unable to pay the fee for
    Armenian national colleges, which makes $700 a month on the average.

    As a result many Armenian children do not know their mother tongue.

    hey don't write and read Armenian, while the vocabulary suffices to
    speak on some everyday topics.

    The classes of the Davidian-Mariamian Educational Foundation are much
    cheaper. The annual tuition fee makes $400. Besides the main courses,
    twice a week the establishment organizes two-hour Armenian language
    courses in those cities of South California, where there are Armenian
    schoolchildren. However, children do not actively attend the courses.

    One or two Sunday schools will not solve the problem, either.

    At first glance it could seem strange the US Government has assumed
    the responsibility to teach Armenian to Armenian children. Foreign
    language academies were launched in the public schools of Glendale a
    few years ago. Children included in the courses get their education
    in two languages. They are taught Spanish, Korean, German, Italian,
    French, Japanese and, of course, Armenian.

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