Should we offer specialised science classes for ESL or overseas (international) students in high schools?
You write the question as if you are doing this for an essay or thesis. Quite a good question & controversial. Your arguments are also good. For example, if someone from outside your country moves there, shouldn’t they realise that they will have to learn at school the same as any local student? In many cases, we are obliged to provide ESL courses to bring the student up to speed in English, but surely they should learn the other subjects as they go? The difficulty comes when you ask ‘what are the grades for in the subject?’ If the grade is for the understanding & knowledge in the subject & how to put that to use, then you may be limiting the grade to their language ability not their subject ability…. However, it’s also about where you wish to draw the lines. If the courses are paid for by the taxpayer, then do you wish your tax money to be spent on minority issues in a disproportionate amount? If the school runs the courses funded solely by the incoming students, then the question i
