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There's two parts to this as I see it.  First is the terminology "English as a Second Language" or ESL.  As already mentioned, ESL just refers to the fact that a person who speaks one language other than English will consider English their second language.  The second part is the immersion method of learning a language compared to the supported learning we have in our schools.  The schools are required to teach students in this fashion, rather than immerse them, because of court decisions becoming laws (and the court cases were not about Spanish as a First Language students).  I agree that immersion is best, but immersion with tutoring.  Immersion without scholastic help in their native language causes students to lose a year, or more, of academic advancement.  When Jim was immersing in a language class I don't think he was also taking math, science and sociology courses in Spanish.  Another problem our...
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