Language Barriers Falling

EMU Intensive English Program To Expand

Posted: June 19, 2012

By EMILY SHARRER

Wasseem Alemari of Saudi Arabia takes the Intensive English Program at Eastern Mennonite University. (Photos by Nikki Fox)

Alexey Loginov, originally from Moscow and now a Harrisonburg resident, practices his conversational skills.

HARRISONBURG — When Fanty Polanco immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic five years ago, she spoke no English.

But three years in Eastern Mennonite University’s Intensive...

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