The Star-Telegram – Yamil Berard
” When he was in the first grade, Jackson Roblow, now 11, couldn’t speak a word of Spanish. That normally wouldn’t have been an issue in the largely English-speaking Fort Worth school district, but Roblow’s mother wanted him to learn Spanish, so she placed him in a classroom where he could learn a second language. “At first, it was very uncomfortable. I didn’t understand what the teacher was saying,” Roblow said. Years later, Roblow, who is now a sixth-grader, speaks fluent Spanish and is on his way to learning a third language at the World Languages Institute, a program for youngsters who hope to maintain their bilingual skills and adopt a third language as well. He is among the 150 students enrolled at the Institute.”(more)