It could be a picture from any English language classroom. A piece of paper with English letters hangs on the wall. A teacher stands and points to the letters. The students sit on the floor and repeat them out-loud. The difference in this Malaysian classroom is that the students are not children. They are adult, refugee women, some in their late 50s. They are learning how to read and write, both in Malay and English, for the first time. A group called Women for Refugees offers the weekly classes in a neighborhood outside Kuala Lumpur. Two law students formed the group in September to help migrant women learn to read and to help them find a place in the local community. Another goal of the group is to help the women create a fuller life for themselves, one that includes work.
Title: Malaysia Group Teaches Refugee Women to Read and Write
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Malaysia Group Teaches Refugee Women to Read and Write' data-article-id='5216'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5188'>It could be a picture from any English language classroom.</span> <span data-start-time='5188' data-end-time='10563'> A piece of paper with English letters hangs on the wall.</span> <span data-start-time='10563' data-end-time='14208'>A teacher stands and points to the letters.</span> <span data-start-time='14208' data-end-time='19083'>The students sit on the floor and repeat them out-loud.</span> <span data-start-time='19083' data-end-time='26146'>The difference in this Malaysian classroom is that the students are not children.</span> <span data-start-time='26146' data-end-time='32604'>They are adult, refugee women, some in their late 50s.</span> <span data-start-time='32604' data-end-time='41604'> They are learning how to read and write, both in Malay and English, for the first time.</span> <span data-start-time='41604' data-end-time='52104'>A group called Women for Refugees offers the weekly classes in a neighborhood outside Kuala Lumpur.</span> <span data-start-time='52104' data-end-time='64729'> Two law students formed the group in September to help migrant women learn to read and to help them find a place in the local community.</span> <span data-start-time='64729' data-end-time='75104'>Another goal of the group is to help the women create a fuller life for themselves, one that includes work.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=16354 data-hint-location='26146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/what_is_a_refugee.wav'>What is a refugee?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='someone who flees to another region to seek 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/who_was_responsible_for_forming_the_group_to_teach_refugee_women.wav'>Who was responsible for forming the group to teach refugee women?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='two law students'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/two_law_students.wav'><span>two law students</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/the_malaysian_government.wav'><span>the Malaysian government</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/the_university_of_malaysia.wav'><span>the University of Malaysia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4722/local_children.wav'><span>local children</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' 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