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This is Asmahan and her little sister. Asmahan speaks Arabic and she is learning to speak English. English has a different alphabet than Arabic, so that makes it difficult to learn English.

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هذا [أسمهن] وأخته صغيرة. [أسمهن] يتكلّم العربية ويعلم هو أن يتكلّم اللغة الانجليزية. اللغة الانجليزية يتلقّى أبجدية مختلفة من العربية, [س ثت] صنع هو يصعب أن يعلم اللغة الانجليزية.

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In this picture we see Asmahan before she came to the United States. Now that she is here, everything is different, like the school and the language.

Have you ever been in a place where people did not speak the same language as you? Where were you? What was that like?

How do you think Asmahan feels about not speaking English?

Select this then click anywhere in the book to start reading text Speak the current selection Stops speech playback Double-click a word in the book and click this icon to translate the word into Spanish