The English Lesson (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nicholasa Mohr
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: New York's Spanish Harlem
- Principal Characters: Susan Hamma, Lali Padillo, William Horacio Colón
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, New York City, Immigration or emigration, English language, Citizenship, Latinos, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans
- Locales: New York, NY, Spanish Harlem, NY
The Story
Susan Hamma, a history teacher from a junior college in Queens, is teaching an adult-education class for immigrants trying to learn English. She is an exuberant woman who is convinced that the small group of mostly Hispanic students in her class desperately need her services, reasoning that if they can come to class after working all day in dreary, boring, even revolting jobs, the least she can do is make every lesson count.
Susan has asked the students to make oral statements about where they are from, why they are taking her class, and what their plans are....
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