Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: SPEAK ENGLISH! I am a Kindergarden teacher that has a big group of hispanic students in the classroom. Many of them do not know how to speak English and thus makes it very complicated and frustrating to communicate. What is even worse, is that these students tend to speak Spanish when they are amongst themselves. Clearly, as a teacher I want them to be able to Participate, however, I am not sure whether or not I should separate them and forcé them to leave their native tongue at home. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) While I agree that it is frustrating to not understand the students, I would not ask them to stop speaking their native language. Since the students are very young, it is the language that they know the best. Telling the students to not speak Spanish would be disrespectful. As a teacher, I would seek ways that I can connect with my students. I would learn Spanish, so that I could communicate with my students. Also, I would have the students teach the other students a new Spanish would a week, possibly, to create a learning situation for all students. Forming new ways for the students to learn from each other will create a rich learning environment. Just because the students speak a different language does not mean that they cannot participate.