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ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.ThestateofFloridaishometooneofthelargestpopulationsofHaitiansoutsideofHaiti.ThecityofMiamihasaneighborhoodknownasLittleHaiti.PeoplewholivetherekeepclosetiestoHaitianculture.TEACHER:"Bonjour,monsieur."YoungHaitianscanlearnFrenchattheLittleHaitiCulturalCenter.HaitiisaformerFrenchcolony.Frenchisthemainlanguageusedinschoolsthere.ThecenterofferstheclassesthroughanonprofitorganizationcalledtheFrenchHeritageLanguageProgram.NotallofthestudentsareHaitian.Butfortheoneswhoare--includingDominiqueDomond--thelanguagehasspecialmeaning.DOMINIQUEDOMOND:"MymomspeaksFrenchalittlebit.ShespeaksFrenchandEnglish."MarieDomondisDominique'smother.MARIEDOMOND:"Sometimes,hesays,'Mom,Iwantyoutoteachmehowtospeakyourlanguage.'"JenniferLinkletterteachesFrenchattheLittleHaitiCulturalCenter.JENNIFERLINKLETTER:"FrenchispartofwhatitmeanstobeHaitian,andthegoaloftheprogramistogetthemintouchwiththeirFrenchhistoryandwiththeirFrenchrootsandtobeproudofthat."Learninganotherlanguagecanalsohelpthemwhentheygrowup.MartineBuissartistheMiamicoordinatorfortheFrenchHeritageLanguageProgram,whichisbasedinNewYork.MARTINEBUISSART:"Themorelanguagesyouspeak,themoreyoucanshare,youcanwork.Forwork,it'sveryimportant."TheorganizationhasalsohelpedexpandFrenchclassesatBoydAndersonHighSchoolinSouthFlorida.Abouttwenty-fiveHaitianearthquakesurvivorsattendtheschool.(SOUND:Schoolbell)ThestudentswereamongthousandsofHaitianswhocametotheUnitedStatesaftertheircountry'spowerfulearthquakelastyear.OneofthosesurvivorsisKerbyEdme.KERBYEDME:"RightafterIjumpedtotheotherroof,thehousecollapsed."TheteachershavetriedtohelpstudentslikeKerbylearntoliveintheirnewculture.KERBYEDME:"Theteacherswereverypatientwithus,becausesomeofus,wedidn'tspeakEnglishbeforewecamehere."AngelAlmanzar,theprincipaloftheschool,sayslanguagewasnottheonlyproblem.ANGELALMANZAR:"LackofknowledgeabouttheAmericaneducationsystem.Feelingisolated."TeacherMathieuDaquinishimselfHaitian.HesaystheclasseshavebeengoodforthestudentsfromHaiti.MATHIEUDA