English Spoken Here - Article Example

The research within the article states that ESOL classrooms bring the students to the point where they become fully proficient in the second language, but I believe it should more thoroughly address this actual point of integration when students are finally considered “culturally fluent”. By clearly identifying this point, the goals of the English-learner and educator become more focused.I believe the article does a good job of attempting to raise the academic significance of the speaker’s home language.

Too often secondary Language Arts classrooms are seen as incubators for writing and grammar skills when they also must be considered for their importance in developing the students’ perspectives on culture and intellectual thought. In this regard, the foreign-born student is actually a valued commodity. From a pragmatic perspective, they enhance classroom discussions by offering multi-cultural views, and their bilingualism can be positioned as an actual superiority in language proficiency.

English-language learners are not second-rate students, as public education too often positions them, but brave pioneers of hybridity and cultural diversity in the 21st century. Unfortunately, not all towns are as supportive as the town in upstate New York that adopted the Lithuanian boys. For the benefits of society, English-language teachers need to be able to empower their students in addition to easing them into English.