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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I think it's pretty universally understood that children who do not know the language at all before kindergarten need a different program than those that have been exposed to language for 5 years. I do not think this should be the standard however. Most children in the US still are born to English speaking families. We still need to teach children who have had language exposure for five years before school. If that is no longer the norm that is being taught to, than I think we need to make this statement publicly so families who already speak the language can make a decision whether public school is really the right fit for their child.

No. Second language is not the issue. Language is the issue. Studies have shown that kids who have good language development in their own language can learn to read fairly easily. That said, [b]many of the kids that the ESOL PP is talking about do not have good language development in their own language--and, thus, the double whammy. [/b]
[b]Your assumption is incorrect. All kids do not have language development just because English is their first language. 
You would be surprised to know how many kids have grown up in homes with limited interaction--[/b]except for being yelled at, etc. Kids who have not been read to or talked to in conversation.

I taught in a school where kids came from the projects. There were many kids with very limited language. Some did not even know the names of colors when they started school. That may be hard for you to understand, but it happens. If parents have terrible parenting skills and don't interact with their kids properly, it is amazing how little some kids know when they begin school. And, sadly, preschool may help, but it cannot make up for those first two or three years of being ignored.

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This.  It's a lack of exposure to early learning opportunities . . . which basically means a lack of language rich interactions with primary adult caregivers.  [/quote]

Fine, but is the US so awful these days that ESOL and non-speaking families are the new standard? Put these kids in an intensive language type setting, but set the standard to those kids that come in with an English speaking household.[/quote]

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