From Fear to Confidence

Rana is from Jordan. She came to the adult school in December of 2008. She started at the low-intermediate level and now is studying in high-intermediate ESL. The adult school has helped Rana learn to read in English and to learn many things about American culture. Now when she goes out, she can understand and speak much better than before. When she first arrived here, she was afraid to go anywhere without her husband because she was afraid that if someone spoke to her, she wouldn’t understand. Now, she goes shopping alone and buys everything she needs. She has also met a lot of people since she came to the adult school.