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[quote=Anonymous]Different ESOL teacher here. I just had a heated meeting this week with some higher ups from the district who think I shouldn't spend much time "on that stuff" with my ESOL students. "That stuff" is letter names, letter sounds and phonological awareness. Ha! It is the basis of all reading instruction. I teach kindergarten and first grade. If they don't get this instruction in their first year or two, they won't be able to read. They want me to spend my time teaching students the vocabulary for our ELA curriculum which is WAY over the heads of even our native English speakers. They said it shouldn't take long for them to learn it. Well, it does take a long time because when kids come in with zero English, their first 6 months to a year is just trying to understand what is going on in the classroom. It's hard to learn content at the same time you are learning the language. The students in my school have zero experience handling books so they have no knowledge of the concepts of print. It just annoys me that people in charge of telling us to do things we know are not what students need. [/quote]

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