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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking Spanish in those households may be all that goes on. The parents may not be able to read and write in Spanish and neither may their children.[/quote]

If they are attending public schools, shouldn't the kids be learning English? Isn't that what ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) is for?[/quote]

Yes, they are learning English but Spanish as a second language. ESOL is mainly for if you have probelms with English. But if you speak English just fine because your were born and raised here but you happen to be exposed to Spanish at home it makes no sense to forbid that child from taking Spanish as a second langauge. I am betting that if the second language being taught at schools were French you wouldn't have a problem with it and wouldn't even bring up ESOL.[/quote]

If kids speak English at home and they speak it just fine, I have no problems with them studying whatever world language they want. But the PP stated [u]that "speaking Spanish in those households may be all that goes on."  You are comparing two totally different scenarios.[/u]Why would I want to suggest confusing matters even more and offering French? That makes no sense.[/quote]

You can speak English just fine and still hear Spanish at home, speak English at home, and the parents ONLY speak Spanish or the kids speak a small bit of Spanish to the parents to be understood by them. I am not comaring two totally different scenarios you just seemed misinformed as to what goes on in most of these households.  The scenarios are exactly the same- i.e. you speak "just fine in English" but "speaking Spanish in those households may be all [or mostly] all that goes on.

You are either being obtuse or are feigning ignorance about the intent of your comments. You don't understand why Spanish would be offered as a second language to kids because Spanish is spoken at their home even if the child is an English speaker. You confused ESOL for Spanish being taught as a second language. My point was that the Spanish was being taught as a foriegn language to these kids and the fact that Spanish is spoken in their home does not mean that 1) they speak Spanish fluently 2) they are able to read and write in correct form in Spanish 3) does not negate that a second language at school - in this case Spanish would be a good thing and 4) teaching Spanish as a foriegn language is not the same as ESOL becuase those kids are kids that have difficulty with English.

I mentioned French because your issue seemed to be teaching Spanish as the foriegn langauge  when Spamish is spoken at home and  it seemed to be what was confusing you. Would you take issue with French being taught as a foriegn language because the premise of the OP seemed to be that because these kids are Hispanic then they should not be taught Spanish as a seocnd langauge? Which begs the question if they know English ans Spanish is not "appropriate" as the foreign language, then what woul dbe the best use of resources?[/quote]

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