April 24, 1998

ENGLISH

LEP

leprechaun

green leprechaun

No not green

Brown

Maybe green card

I'm small

Limited English Proficiency

English? I speak English

"Teesher can I go to da nurse?"

Not fluently

My enunciation falters

My spelling is bad

Why wouldn't it be

30 minutes of ELD a day

English Learning Development

leprosy

No not leprosy

LEP

Spanish at home

Spanish at school

"Please, Teesher teach me in English"

The answer English immersion

"Imagine, English words all around me

in me then coming out of me"

"Imagine teaching English in English not

first Spanish then English - Just English"

If you immerse me in English I will master it.

By Marti Castro

Marti Castro is a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz.