I really enjoyed this section. I never thought that much about how allowing an ESL student to access his or her mother language could aid in learning English. When I have studied Spanish (very little), I was always connecting the base of Spanish words with the base of English words. Both often had Latin parallels. Even as I communicate with my brother and his friends whose mother language is American Sign Language (ASL), it is obvious how logically ASL aligns with English.
One factor in teaching nursing is that in the United States, the NCLEX is given in English. While we faculty should respect the bilingual or multilingual students in our program, the student still needs prepared to take the licensing exam in English.
