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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's misguided to think it's just an "easy A" for "native speakers" - Even "native speakers" can benefit from a language program.  I grew up on the Texas border and my Spanish class was full of native speakers - but many of them still had issues with grammar and other aspects of the language.  Just because it's spoken at home doesn't necessarily mean there is appropriate fluency and proficiency.[/quote]

Sure they can benefit but putting native speakers into the same class as non-native speakers doesn't serve either group.  For all intents and purposes, the upper grade Mandarin classes in MoCo serve as an "easy A" for native speakers.  Since grades are on a curve, it's never an "A" for non-native speakers which is a consideration for what you want to appear on your transcript for college admissions.[/quote]

Why wouldn't it be a benefit?  Good for interaction between students.  Maybe an "easy A" but so what?[/quote]

All the non-native speakers drop the class b/c having native speakers in the class skews the grade curve so there is no interaction.  If you look at the higher grades in MoCo, it's filled with native speakers but few/none non-native speakers.

Ridiculous.  Tax payer support for kids who don't need to learn the language...[/quote]

Why skew the grade that way?  They could just as well curve it so that the highest non-native-speaker is what constitutes an "A".  For the native-speakers, if they get an "easy A" out of it, so what?   Believe me, colleges are bright enough to figure out that an A in Mandarin from a kid with the surname of Zhang is not going to be as impressive as an A in Mandarin from a kid with the surname of Mendez or O'Neill.[/quote]

Since when can teachers grade their students based on the ethnicity, race or surname?!?[/quote]

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