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Okemos kids help adult English language learners

WKAR/Peter Whorf

For more than three decades, Lansing area elementary public schools have broadened student’s worlds by teaming with adults from around the globe. The greater Lansing area has a huge international community, with more than 100 countries represented on the MSU campus alone. Many of those people want to improve their English skills, and for many different reasons.Current State's Peter Whorf visited a couple of Okemos schools to find out more about the opportunities that this global community offers to students.

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