I am a member of VITA(Volunteer Instructors Teaching America). I have been instructing a Viet Namese Lady for nearly 2 years. This lady came to America in 2000 and did not speak a word of english. Within 2 days of arriveing here her appartment burnt down with the cause being faulty wireing.
From that shaky beginning this Lady and her family have built a successful business and all have become U.S. citizens.
When Lan entered the VITA program(Nov. 2006) she tested out at a grade level of 5.7 reading ability in english. In May 2008 her grade level had improved to a grade level of 9.6.
Also during the month of May Lan and I reviewed for her U.S. citizenship test. On June 3 Lan took the test and aced the test. She was sworn in as a U.S. citizen on June 5,2008.
