LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

Limited English Proficiency

Limited English Proficiency (LEP)



Case study

Jane Allen was born on January 22, 2000 in France and has turned eleven recently. She is of the French background and cannot speak English well and thus, has been having problems communicating with her classmates and teachers at school. The schools in France followed the curriculum in French language and did not teach much of English.

Now that Jane has shifted to US and ultimately changed her school, she feels left out and alienated when socializing with her English friends. Even before coming to United States, she did not have ...