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10 Languages You'll Need Most in the Classroom

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Category: Literacy & Language

This handy reference guide to the ten most common languages of students who do not speak English - Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog, Haitian Creole, Navajo, Hmong, Cantonese, and Korean - offers practical guidance for communicating with ELL students and their families. Includes information about the culture of the family's country of origin; guides to common words and phrases; picture dictionaries that can be reproduced for use with students; sample parent letters with English and native language translations; and basic reading tests in ten languages. 288 pages.

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Customer Reviews (4.0 / 5 · 3 reviews)

Leo ★★★★★

I’ve already used this guide twice this week for quick phrases with new students, and the layout makes it easy to flip straight to the right language without fumbling. The pronunciation hints for Navajo and Hmong are a lifesaver when you’re totally unfamiliar with the sounds.

Penelope ★★★★☆

The breakdown of phrases for each language is super practical, though I wish the font size for some of the non-English scripts was a tiny bit larger for quick reference. Still, having Navajo and Hmong alongside Spanish and Cantonese makes this way more useful than the usual basic guides.

Eli C. ★★★☆☆

The guide covers ten languages, which is genuinely helpful for quick classroom phrases, but the layout feels cramped and I wish the pronunciation guides were more detailed. It works fine as a basic reference, though I’ve had to supplement it with online searches for trickier words.