ESL+Programs

Gahanna Lincoln High School's ESL students are really hard to move to the Basic English Level. Why is it very hard? Because the ESL books are only one text book the ESL students. The ESL book is freshman level only. ESL students are not passing the OTELA (**Ohio Test of English Language Acquisition**). Since I came here in GLHS, I saw only Chinese-American girl who had passed the OTELA. If ESL students pass the OTELA, then they will go to the Basic English, and they can understand very well English. ESL students are mostly new to this country. They can speak with fragment words, but can understand a little. Some of them they learn British English with their own country, but not exactly. The biggest thing is, if someone who is totally doesn’t know the English, and he/she is the first time to speak in English. Well look this. If he/she began with freshman year. And he/she is going to learn English, and then they will start to learn the first ESL book. What happen after the freshman year? This no another ESL book level that he can learn with another ESL book. That student may use the ESL book until he understands very well. Some students are good to understand the ESL book. Like I said, there are no extra ESL books, and there are no ESL books to read for fun and learning the Americans dream in the library. One day I went to the GLHS library. I asked the manager. Is there are any books for ESL students? She told me nothing at all. So, there is an ESL teacher whose is Mrs. Acker, very good work to ESL students. She is trying to teach the ESL students to understand the language. Some times the students do not understand with other classes, and she helps with that because she is giving to understand more and more. This is all the problems with ESL students. An ESL student needs more books to read. If they want to read some books in the GLHS library. They wouldn’t understand what is the book is a bout. How do the students can get to understand the English Second Language? To understanding the grammar, reading, writing, speaking, conversation, comprehension, and etc. The student will understand what is going on. When I was in Arizona, it was very good. The school (Camelback High School) I had was 70% Mexican American. The schools have many ESL students in Phoenix, AZ. They have many different books to teach ESL students. If the students is new in U.S. and don’t know the language. They are going to start the first ESL level. No matter what grade is, either tenth, or eleventh grade. The ESL level is three. I remember the second level, is ESL Basic. Also Columbus schools have ESL students, and have different levels. My cousin, well, many of my cousins are ESL in Columbus. They do many things, as we don’t do in GLHS. We need to justify more things in GLHS. Here are some tools. · **First,** publish more ESL books and to make three levels. The fourth one will be regular English. Because when the students became the third level, they understand more than before. · **Second**, to make double black period. One and a half period should take the lessons. The other half should be work with other homework classes or unfinished test. · **Third**, the beginning of the class, the students should read the novels in 15-20 minutes. So they can read more easier and learning vocabularies. · Fourth, to make Oral English in one day per week. · **Fifth**, to publish a drama, history, environmental books, and etc. this will help to understand more. Without books can’t learn anything. Why the knowledge does “says read, read, write, and write!!” Because it helps your knowledge to grow up. After all this, will be great. And more parents will thanks, even the students. If you go around the Columbus schools, and ask which school is the best. They will point at GLHS. So we can know what the other schools aren’t better then us.

Things for technology we have use in this school, other schools may have not. All things I have said will be grateful if the principal and other staff allowed. May be if they allowed my request, it will be perfect for me and GLHS. They can do it. It’s not hard how to figure out. If it’s hard, then it doesn’t matter how long it would take. If they just sleep and said it’s hard how to find it. I don’t know what to say but it will hurt.