Jennifer Wilson wrote "hot" and "cold" on the chalkboard and invited her students a dozen men from Afghanistan, Iran, Ethiopia and Sudan to say other English words for temperature.<br />"Freezing," one student declared jovially.<br />Many will learn that word intimately as Calais' migrants gird for winter camping on the French side of the English Channel.<br />To combat boredom and sharpen language skills, hundreds come daily to Wilson's classes and a library housed in neighboring weatherproofed shacks.<br />Shoes are left at the door to keep mud at bay.<br />Wilson, a native of Zimbabwe, teaches three English classes to campers in hour-long sessions of increasing difficulty.<br />She also teaches French and expects demand to grow as Calais' asylum-seekers shift ambitions from England to their current host nation.
