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Hi Dorothy,

I didn't get to read all the responses... at work... But just wanted to give you a quick suggestion... I didn't understand if he is driving to work or are u driving him? But however he commutes to work and since it's an hour each way, get him some tapes. There are ESL tapes you can buy (or borrow from the Library) and give him a walkman... so everyday when he is commuting to work and back, he can listen to the tapes. My mom uses tapes and it helps her a lot (she is 62 years old).

And I have to agree with Jean (Just Waiting), he is a big boy and he needs to do somethings on his own and for himself.

I feel for you and I wish you the best. Things would probably get better... and vent away whenever you need to... we're here to listen.

Good luck,

Yasi

Hi Dorothy,

Yasi said it very well. I only have to add this about ESL schools - i went to one and it was pretty good! i was with lots of my own Russian ppl and some Spanish speaking ppl too. The class was a little slow for me, but i wanted to learn! so i did my best and when it became way too slow for me, i asked to be put in more advanced class. It helped a lot! Really!

You just have to 'shop around' find out who's the teachers there and stuff. Cause my teachers were pretty good. Plus i love TV, so i watched it a lot (i started with easy stuff - comedies, like Cosby show). Then i graduated to more difficult stuff. After 12 years i still use Captions that you can easily put on your TV too. Not cause i don't understand, but sometimes i just miss something and when it's something interesting you hate to miss it. I had to read lots of words like that but i've learned a lot, many times i didn't use the dictionary. That's how they taugth us in ESL - no translations. I know it's not easy, but what is in this life?

Just take one day at a time and try to get your husband into a class with lots of young ppl - older ppl tend to slow the learning process down (speaking from my own experience).

Good luck

Tanya

Edited August 2, 2006 by firelion65