[…] Students in Sheilagh Bourassa-Young’s Grade 2/3 class at St. Paul school in Norwood have created an English/Arabic dictionary for Syrian families living in the Peterborough area. The dictionary contains around 100 words, complete with an illustration drawn by the students, a sample sentence and Arabic translation.

To create the dictionary, students were asked to think of the most important words that newcomers might need to know while adjusting to their new community, including words associated with food, clothing and transportation. More.

See: MyKawartha

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