Tag: english learners

Special feature: The challenges emergent bilingual and undocumented students face when applying to college

By Gehenna N. Editor’s Note: Some of the interviews below were conducted in Spanish and translated for uniformity What struggles do emergent bilingual and undocumented students who are applying to college face?Beyond the difficulty of coming to a new country, these students face additional challenges. Luis N., an emergent bilingual senior, shared his personal difficulties in speaking English confidently. “Sometimes I can’t put my thoughts together and speak the language correctly without stuttering,” he said. “This is why I opted to do community college first for two years to prepare myself better in the language and

It’s Time to Take the ELPAC

By Maria M. “Being an ELD student makes me proud of myself because I have seen progress since level 1.” Paola V., cats senior In CATS, a large number of students are known as English Learners, or students who are still developing their English language proficiency. Some are newcomers, meaning they are learning English for the first time, and others have been in the country for longer. Every student who is an English Learner has to reclassify. This means they have to do three things: pass the ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessments for California), pass the

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