What languages do your students speak?

1st.gr.teach · Post by **1st.gr.teach** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:53 am

I teach in a New Jersey suburb in the United States. My students' native languages are Burmese, Spanish, and Tagalog. Where do you teach and what are the native languages of your students? Are any of your students refugees?

Sally Olsen · Post by **Sally Olsen** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:29 pm

I live in Ottawa, Canada and we have students from 67 countries and 82 language groups in our elementary school. No refugees but in other schools in the city, there are many.

clayton · Post by **clayton** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:01 pm

I'm also teaching in a New Jersey suburb, but in a very economically depressed area (its been this way for quite some time.) My students speak Spanish, Creole, Vietnamese, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and there's a large group of Turkish speakers (they are all from the same adult sibling group and most of the kids are siblings or cousins.) None are refugees, as their parents are all here for work and business opportunities