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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@12:35 I also feel that it is a disrespect issue when they do not listen to the teachers in language school. I have disciplined them (no TV time that day etc), but the teacher also feels that it is because they do not understand what is being spoken so they just do something else.

If they can listen to their teacher in ES, I'm not sure why they behave differently in language school.[/quote]

I'm 12:35.

I volunteer at my children's American public school, where we have many ESOL students from abroad, and they all listen quietly, even if most of the info passes over their heads. It's definitely a respect issue, OP. In my children's French language school, I've noticed that some teachers are not great at disciplining students, because they're French and used to the French system where the administration will punish kids for misbehaving. Here parental expectations are different and there is no such recourse. So some kids misbehave because of that, and because they've divined that it's "just" native language school and that it's less important somehow.

You have to make it important in their eyes. Reward effort and good academic progression, punish slacking off.
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OP here. You hit the nail on the head when you say they may think it's "just" native language school. They do treat it as less important.  Many language schools including ours are run by volunteers who spend their time and energy to teach children the language and it bothers me that my kids do not respect them as much as they should. The teachers (parent volunteers) are not strict and do not punish the misbehaving children (I really think they should) and my kids figured they could get away with whatever it is they are doing. I have never received any similar complaints from the ES. [/quote]

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