SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2007 | Polis for Congress
Teachers are also figuring out how much English the students really know. Since they’re coming from such a wide variety of backgrounds, teachers are just now finding out how rigorous the language instruction has to be. Some students know very little English, while others just need some help with writing.
“We have kids born in the United States who speak fluent English and kids who have been here three months,” said Heather Goodrich, the English Language Acquisition coordinator for the school. “It’s hard to design a program when you don’t know what skill level the kids are at.”
More students wanted: Finding interested students hasn’t been difficult, but the school is still looking for more students.
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