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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I meant by above what would be the best use of resources is in terms of what second langauge to teach as a foreign langauge? OR is it your premise that because these children are hispanic they should not be taught ANY foriegn langauge becuase their exposure to Spanish verbally at home is essentially the same as full mastery of a language and therefore they should not be given the benefit of being taught a second langauge?[/quote]

My thought is making a majority Hispanic school a FLES school for Spanish should be a far lesser priority than [u]teaching everyone English[/u], be it through standard language arts instruction or ESOL resources.

I can think of better ways to spend the FCPS budget.[/quote]

So the basic premise of your argument is that these children being brown and having Spanish surnames and possibly having Spanish speaking parents would BY DEFINITION of their ethnicity and heritage NOT know English. You have actual facts to back up the fact that ALL of these kids don't speak English and not just the ESOL ones???????? Well if that [u]were[/u] the case, that these kids don't know English at all, then you are correct. The first line of business would be to teach them English because that would be the pathway to success. A foriegn langauge would be a secondary concern. However, the basic premise of your arugment is flawed and your resulting argument is  therefore flawed because you are just assuming that being majority Hispanic means that these kids don't speak English.

-signed fluent speaker of English who arrived in the U.S. at the age of 4 and never needed ESOL but took Spanish in HS and College

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