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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!)
I understand your frustration. As a kindergarten teacher I would not be threatened by them speaking their native tongue in your classroom. However, in high school that might be a different story. I am a high school teacher frequently in my school students speak their native tongue. Most of the time it does not matter, but there have been several cases where they begin to ask each other for sex and drugs in the middle of class in a language the teacher cannot understand. In that instance some other action may have to be taken.