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!) This is a very complicated situation for you but i would not recommend separating the English speaking students from the Spanish speaking students. I would also not "force" them to speak English and leave their native tongue at home. I think that you could make this a learning opportunity for all of your students because communication between peers is important. You may want to start labeling various items in the classroom with the english and spanish words. you would want to go over the pronunciations of both words in each language. I think young students especially find new languages interesting and they love to find out how to say simple words in other languages. It will take time, but once you allow communication among the students in both languages you will find that their knowledge will be expanded.                 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: Separation would not be good. I think that teachers should also learn Spanish. But also allow time for students to work with English speakers. Rated On: October 20, 2019 11:37 pm Rated By: ygyXeT