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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I (non-native English speaker) & DH (native English speaker) only speak English to DC in English, but we do speak to each other in other languages. DC is exposed to other languages indirectly, and the main reason that we decide not to teach her other languages because she has speech disorder. She has been going to weekly speech therapies since she was 18 months old, and she is currently 4 year old. She has difficulty in pronouncing some sounds because she can't, and intensive therapies help over time.

In her case, would elementary school put her in ESOL class or not? Good or bad for her if she is placed in ESOL class?[/quote]

It might depend what you write in the form, but it seems to me that an IEP for speech/language services would be more appropriate than ESOL.  ESOL in elementary is not a separate class.  It is a teacher who does pull-outs or who comes into the main teacher’s class to help the ESOL students.[/quote]

In MCPS, on the enrollment form, you would answer the home language questions posted earlier.  If you only speak to your DD in English and she only responds in English, she would not be tested for ESOL, nor should she if she does not communicate in another language.  I will say, as an ESOL teacher, there is some profiling that I've seen (NOT in my school, because I would put a stop to it) where students who have "foreign" names are assumed to be potential ESOL students and tested without checking the survey first.  When you bring her for kindergarten, you may want to point out that she only speaks English and should not be in ESOL.  Given what you've said, speech therapy, which would be provided at school with an IEP, is the more appropriate support.[/quote]

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