Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Language Barrier I'm very nervous about the next upcoming year. I try to help my students as best I can, but I'm concerned about getting an ESOL student with an uncommon language. Here in Florida, there are usually many Spanish speaking ESOL students, and usually staff who also speak Spanish, but I'm worried about any potential students who speak, say, Russian, or Finnish, or a language that is not common to this area. What are some suggestions you have? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I would go straight to trying to learn the basics of the Russian child the same way you are teaching your esol class to succeed. Using audio books, looking up cultural facts, and communicate with the student if both of you can somewhat progress.