A Foreign Language (1958)
- Directed by
- Stanley Jackson
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film watches teachers in a Montreal public school help immigrant children learn English. The children come from countries like Greece, Italy, and Japan. With patient instruction, they start to understand and even have fun with the language.
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