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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 completely understand your frustration. However I do not think banning a language and forcing the students to speak English is a great idea. That would fit right into a large portion of the United States wanting it to be a requirement for all immigrants to speak English. That is who they are. I would instead may a set of expectations from the students. I would give them opportunities to speak Spanish but they must be able to share those same ideas in English. If students want to communicate in Spanish while working then that is fine as long as they can produce a product in English. As a teacher in this situation I would work very hard to learn Spanish. I think you not knowing what the students are saying bothers you and this can be solved by learning to speak Spanish! This is also a great learning opportunity for the rest of the students in the classroom to learn a new language. The last thing that needs to happen is to make the students feel like their language does not matter and they should not be speaking it. |
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