Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h85NGZ717449; Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:16:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 19:16:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000401c37403$a81295a0$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9431] RE: Illiteracy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1436 Lines: 32 As others have pointed out, we don't have a "Spanish-only" policy in any of our classrooms. That's not the point. Of course, there's English happening everywhere. The head teachers are bilingual, but the bus driver/class aides are generally English-speaking, and pick up a bit of classroom Spanish along the way. Other people who come in (subs, etc.) generally speak English. They do live in an English-speaking country, after all, and they do hear it. Many of them have older siblings, and they learn English very fast. In the older classrooms, we gradually add more and more English to the mix. We try to do it in such a way that we are still supporting the native language, and have a both/and approach instead of an either/or approach. I think that's the point of bilingual education. ------- Sylvan Rainwater mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Program Managaer Family Literacy Clackamas Co. Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA -----Original Message----- From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Susan Ryan Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 7:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9417] RE: Illiteracy Sylvan, I found your information very interesting and surprising. I would have thought to start English with the toddlers class would be the best way to create English fluency rather than waiitng until they start school and come to it as a foreign language speaker.
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