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!) As a teacher, I would not recommend that this teacher tell these students that they are to only speak Spanish at home. I think that would make students feel that their home language is inferior and not valued at school. I think that this teacher can encourage the students to speak in English and help them access the curriculum in English. However, I also think it would be wonderful to capitalize on their ability to speak a second language. Wouldn't it be wonderful if these students could swap roles with the teacher and teach her and their classmates some Spanish words? They could have a dual-language classroom before they knew it!                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Agreed! They'll learn English in no time. It's important for them to express themselves in their native language. Rated On: October 20, 2019 11:52 pm Rated By: ygyXeT