For several years CoFiA has offered a free ESL class for Spanish speakers every Tuesday night between September and June at the Palisades Park public library. This year there were three groups--beginners, intermediate, and advanced. Even though the languages of instruction were Spanish and English, the beginners section became very diverse, with students whose primary language was Syrian, Korean, and others. A challenge for our beginners'teacher, Betty DeMarco. Fortunately, Betty is a professional ESL teacher and has many ideas and lots of energy. Members of the intermediate group have studied together for several years and the class is a social event for both teachers and students. The advanced students and teacher have been together even longer--probably 13 years! They are often called on to translate at ... Read more