Why is my student an English Learner? / ¿Porqué es mi estudiante un aprendiz de inglés?
Why is my student an English Learner?
California requires all parents to complete a home language survey when they register their children for school. The survey asks:
- What language did this student learn when first beginning to talk?
- What language do you use most frequently to speak to this student?
- What language does this student most frequently use at home?
- What language is most often spoken by the adults at home?
If your answer to any of the first three questions on the survey is a language other than English, then your student will take the initial English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) and will be labeled as either:
- English Learner (EL)
- Fluent English Proficient (FEP)
As an English Learner (EL), students participate in the English Language program until they demonstrate proficiency in English.
¿Porqué es mi estudiante un aprendiz de Inglés?