Antonio is a 43 year-old man who immigrated from Mexico and has been living in America for 28 years. When asked how important it was for him to learn the English language, he replied:
It was definitely very important. It is hard to do anything when you can’t tell other people what you want to do. My list of priorities when I got here was to find a job and learn some English. I didn’t have money to go to classes at the beginning, but later I had some money and time to go to night classes. As you can tell, my English is not perfect, but I am doing pretty well.”
