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!) From everything I have learned and witnessed regarding ESOL students, if you force a student to only use English, it can hinder their progress. I suggest setting the expectation that during instructional time, students do their best to answer in English, however, during social time or even working in groups, students be allowed to communicate in both English and their native language. It is important that students feel supported in your classroom.