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I?m an international student from Japan. It?s been five years since I came to the states. Even after five years, I still have hard time to speak in English. The proponents of Ballot Measure 58 seriously believe that those who speak English as second language can learn English within two years? I?ve never taken ESL class in the states, but many of my friends are attending the class. Speaking the second language is pretty hard, especially if you are not fluent. I don?t know how much English can be learned through ESL class, but the thing is that the environment in which not-native speaker can interact with each other is IMPORTANT. No one can be a master without training, and the place where non-native speakers can have the training is the ESL class I believe.

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