alt.NPR: Youthcast from PRX

Produced by: Marjorie Betubiza
Licensor: WAMU
Website: http://wamu.org/Youthvoices

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nearly 1 in 5 people, or 47 million U.S. residents age 5 and older, speak a language other than English at home. Youth Voices reporter Marjorie’s family is from Uganda and speaks a language named Rukiga. Marjorie explores what it’s like to not fluently speak her parents’ native language. Although she has learned some of the culture of her native Uganda, what’s a kid to do when she needs a translator to talk to her own grandmother?

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