Hello netters! Excuse me but I need to reply to the whole group too.
English is my second language and I speak it fluently. I had my first
English classes in primary school. After that I never had another class;
I pretty much taught myself, reading books, listening to music, watching
American TV shows and movies.
I believe that if the students have no other option than learning in
English, it can be a bit stressful, for they might not understand part
of what is being said and feel shy about asking questions. But if you
have dual language classes, they may find a "relief" to hear part of the
lesson in their native language. Sometimes it's easy to understand
something for comparison other than trying to figure it out by yourself.
Betsy, I hope this was helpful for you.
Regards,
Carolina Cuello
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Subject: Re: Just curious target for ESL speakers
I'm responding to the whole group because Betsy's school's system
blocked my reply.
English is my primary language, but I taught ESL to people of all ages
and social/educational backgrounds in my past life.
Immersion gets quicker results in the new language, but in some
circumstances dual-language is necessary for communication.
Donna Williams
May '07 SLIS graduate
University of North Texas
DWilliams6856@att.net
Betsy Ruffin <Betsy.Ruffin@CLEBURNE.K12.TX.US> wrote:
For anyone on this list who learned English as a second language,
just-out-of-curiosity question(s) for you:
Did you learn by emersion or by dual language class? As a result of your
experience, do you feel ESL students learn English faster, better,
whatever by emersion or by dual language?
Betsy Ruffin
librarian-technologist
Cleburne ISD
Cleburne, TX
betsy.ruffin@cleburne.k12.tx.us
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