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When a teacher told Syrian mother Um Wajih that her 9-year-old son s German had deteriorated during his Berlin school s six-week shutdown, she was saddened but not surprised, writes Joseph Nasr. Wajih had picked up German fast, and we were very proud of him, said the 25-year-old mother of two. I knew that without practice he would forget what he had learned but I couldn t help him.
Her son now faces another year in a welcome class for migrant children until his German is good enough to join native peers at a school in Berlin s poor neighbourhood of Neukoelln.
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During the six-week shutdown that started in March last year, Wajih s son wasn t able to attend his Berlin school in person. Consequently, the 9-year-old s German worsened significantly, a teacher told her. Wajih was saddened but not surprised.
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BERLIN When a teacher told Syrian mother Um Wajih that her 9-year-old son’s German had deteriorated during his Berlin school’s six-week shutdown, she was saddened but not surprised.
“Wajih had picked up German fast, and we were very proud of him,” said the 25-year-old mother of two.
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“I knew that without practice he would forget what he had learned but I couldn’t help him.”
Her son now faces another year in a ‘welcome class’ for migrant children until his German is good enough to join native peers at a school in Berlin’s poor neighborhood of Neukoelln.