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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This happened in DC's class at a school in VA. I wasn't pleased at all. It wastes class time and yes, the kid translated everything the teacher said (not just emergency info as someone eluded to upthread). This method isn't fair to either kid (why would a child be tasked with instruction of concepts they are learning themselves?!?)

[b]Back in my day, ESOL was a separate set of classes where those who don't speak English get sent to separate classrooms. Why don't they still do that?[/quote][/b]

They do. I teach ESOL students and if they are beginners or lower proficiency levels, I pull them for 45 mins- 1 hour per day. This is at the elementary school level. We are not allowed to take them out of math, specials/resource classes or lunch. So I am trying to pull my caseload of appr. 40 students out of a limited time frame (basically only ELA, science or social studies). So even beginner ESOL students are in class for 6 hours per day when they are not with me. We cannot remove them from their English speaking peers all day and it also wouldn't be a good idea on many different levels. In a school with fewer ESOL students, a traveling ESOL teacher might pull them less frequently because they service students in 5+ different schools. in high school, ESOL might be a separate class if there are enough ESOL students in the school but it is only for one class period per day. If parents waive the right to ESOL services, students won't receive any ESOL services at all. [/quote]

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