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Exchange students visit Chehaw Park
Posted: 06.18.2011 at 9:10 PM
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The students are studying English as a second language at Troy University

ALBANY, GA -- Exchange students studying English as a second language at Troy University discovered Chehaw Park Saturday!

They were out with the meerkats, cheetahs and rhinos, checking out how we in America take care of our parks.

There are over 800 international students at Troy University.

The ESL classes go on for eight weeks.

Then, about 25% of the graduates even go on to take regular academic classes.

And so far, they all have a favorable opinion of the good life city!

Many of the students at Chehaw Saturday were from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, and Honduras.

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