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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 Pre-K teacher and former Kindergarten teacher myself, I would not recommend making your Spanish speaking students speak English all the time. Nor would I separate them. I might would divide them up throughout the day in order to give them the opportunity to inner mingle with your English speaking students. Students at this age are such sponges. They will learn English in no time. Too, your English speaking students will, I'm sure, learn some Spanish. Throughout the years, there are two different ways that I have "opened the door of communication" with ELL's, all while introducing Spanish to my English speaking students. The first is the CD "Ole, Ole, Ole" by Dr. Jean found here: http://www.drjean.org/html/cds_f/cds_ole2.html. This CD has a variety of songs sung first in English and then in Spanish. I have also used the series "Salsa" found here: http://www.gpb.org/salsa. This series is awesome! Both really help children "understand" that there are different languages spoken by different people. It also helps children better relate to one another. |
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