Teaching Ethiopian Children Their Mother Tongue

An Ethiopian student focused on the Ethiopian community in Minnesota and the desire to help Ethiopian children living in the United States to maintain their cultural identity and a connection to their community. His project was based upon teaching Ethiopian children in the United States about Ethiopian customs, traditions, and how to speak and write in their mother tongue–their native language of Amharic. This student gave his project proposal at a community gathering with parents and youth and was given the support of his community to give their children weekly lessons about their Ethiopian heritage. This student continued giving these lessons after the class was over. Critical thinking projects aim to solve a problem in their community by better analyzing situations. Wosen learned to better express himself by drawing on arguments and translating them into a course of action.

Student Teaching his Weekly Class