Vietnamese Immigration Research Paper

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Vietnamese Immigration Impact on the US Vietnamese immigrants had a difficult time transitioning to life in the US, because the US wasn’t ready for so many refugees who spoke little or no English. Vietnamese immigrants and the US had to work together to be able to adapt to one another. They had many difficulties and challenges to get through in order to adapt to the US environment. There were numerous of difficulties Vietnamese immigrants had, one of these difficulties was being able to speak the American language. They needed to learn the language in order to be able to communicate with others. It would take a lot for the new comers to fully learn the language. If the Vietnamese would not put effort and not learn the language, it would make it difficult for the US communities because they would have no communication between one another. It would be important for them to learn English because it’s needed in order to be able to have transmission with other people. Immigrants would sooner or later have to look for a job in order to support and provide shelter, food, materials needed in every day in …show more content…

Teachers in the communities were not ready for many of Vietnam children, who knew little or no English, to start getting education in their schools. Most immigrant children did not know any of the Education topics in the US. Teachers would have to put in more effort to teach the Vietnam children the topics US students are learning. Materials were also needed in order to be ready for class. Since the Vietnamese children and their family just got to the US with nothing with them, their parents did not have the money to get them the sufficient materials they needed for school. Teachers that thought some of the Vietnamese children would have a difficult time with the ones that did not have the materials for class. Education had to be slowly learned by the immigrant children and needed patience in order to

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