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    Two girls from a foreign non-English speaking country who have only been here for about
    seven months (a cumbersome way of avoiding using the a certain word) were happy and getting on well at school. Their parents were hard working people and paid for their girls to have private tuition in English of which they knew very little on arrival. As they prepared to go home from school one day their teacher told them that they must only speak in English while on school premises between themselves and two friends as doing otherwise annoys other children and the teachers.

    One of the parents spoke to the teacher about this and she said that apart from the 'problems' caused by them speaking in a foreign language it was hampering their command of English. I understand that the matter was not taken any further.

    We were not asked to deal with this matter but it came to us as a comment. Personally I find it unacceptable to bar children speaking to their friends in their native language, but maybe I am wrong so comments would be appreciated.

    Many years ago similar happened with twin boys who were also new arrivals to England from another country, Wales, and resorted to their native Welsh whenever speaking together. Then the teacher objected as she thought they may be speaking about her!
    I do not know if a complaint was made.


    Thank you Legal beagles for your comments. We deal with most problems ourselves or with other professional bodies so usually only come to as a final resort, hence the complexities and to some extent similarities of our questions. Happy Christmas everybody.
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    Re: Language problems

    I believe it is quite usual to ask Children to speak in the language of the other people of a school particularly when they are learning to speak that language themselves.

    If English children go to a French speaking school then they are expected to converse in French throughout the School day.

    I do not know of any specific rule but if you are trying to educate children in a new language then immersion in the language is surely a brilliant way of helping them learn ?
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    • #3
      Re: Language problems

      It certainly operates in Wales, where certain schools educate through the medium of Welsh, and often the children are only permitted to converse in Welsh.
      According to my children (all now grown up) it meant the kids speaking English to each other would switch effortlessly to Welsh on spying a teacher.
      Fluent in both languages the children didn't realise the importance of keeping Welsh alive.

      Not so long ago it was the other way round, with use of the infamous "Welsh Not".

      The situation outlined by Geoffrey is different, and it would probably be to the childrens' long term advantage to try and communicate solely in English whilst at school, but revert to their mother tongue at home (unless the parents wished to improve their command of the English language).

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      • #4
        Re: Language problems

        We speak both English and German at home and while out and about (although me and the boys are still learning some of the complexities ). While I can understand both sides of this, I do think that it is better for the children concerned if they spoke English at school - that way they cannot isolate themselves from their peers
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          Re: Language problems

          https://www.gov.uk/government/public...-stages-1-to-4

          4.5 and 4.6 might cover your hypothetical which is for England only
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