Changes in ESL are slow, but ‘trickle’ is underway

Two years after looking how the Abbotsford school district handles ESL learning, last week, at the board of education meeting, trustees heard about the steps being taken to make sure every student is given an equal chance.

Marcy Criner, Abbotsford ESL district principal, presented the district’s plan to the board and the challenges an ESL student has starting out.

An eight-year-old newcomer to English has to learn 4,500 words that his or her English-speaking peers already know plus 1,000 new words a year.

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