Chapter 8: Teaching Teenagers Who are Still Learning English

In this chapter, on page 155, a student explains his bad experience because of his inability to understand English. If a student does not understand, they are not going to be able to complete the tasks asked of them, and when they don't, they will not understand why they did, why they are being punished, and what the punishment actually is.
This completely blew my mind. As a student in Maine, this sort of problem does not slip through the cracks because it is not really common. Any student that cannot speak English, is generally an exchange student, and they are given extra attention in the case that they don't completely understand what is happening in the classroom. In a place that this is more common, it almost might not have occurred to me to be careful of this sort of red flag behavior. Obviously the student would have a minor disadvantage if they were still learning English and not completely understanding my class. I am glad this chapter brought this to my attention because coming from a smaller school and less diverse state, I forget about this possibility.