This book was written in the Bay Area of California. In California there are many students who do not have proper English. They are limited in their English. Part of being a teacher is being prepared to encounter students in the classroom who might not be as advanced as others in their English. Students in this book gave advice on how to handle students who aren't strong in English. Finding out what students know and where they come from, along with giving them other ways to learn with their minimum English language. Being sensitive to the students inability is something that teachers need to be aware of, and help them with ways to get by.
Growing up in Maine, I have never really been confronted with many issues of having people in my life who didn't have English as their first language. Especially in the classroom. All of my teachers were English speaking, and all of my classmates were English speaking as well. However, my goal is to move to Boston and teach in the city, so I may be encountered with students who do not have English as their first language. So, this chapter is useful in giving ways to handle how to reach and teach the students who have a foreign language as their first language.
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