Esl

[TheElement]

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I've been wondering about this for awhile, but what constitutes a person that can claim that English was only his second language? Do you have to be a foreign exchange student or does it count if you really didn't learn English until grade school and had to take ESL classes for a couple years. The reason I brought this up is that I heard some people talking about it for the MCAT verbal score and for admissions. What do yall think?

 

[collegy]

If you were placed in ESL classes, then I believe you have the right to say that English was your second language, regardless of whether you were born in America or not. I myself came to the U.S. during high school and took a year of ESL. But I had people in my class that were born here and for whatever reason, poor language emphasis in the community probably, they were still in ESL.

 

[SalseraDoctora]

If you learned another language first, and then English, then English is your second languague. Really it is just as simple as that. There are a lot of children born in the United States into non-English-speaking families, and those kids don't learn English until they hit school. That is very common.

 

[littlealex]

I consider a true ESL student to be someone who has been learning the English language in a submersive environment for less than six years.

For example, a child who grew up in another country and moved here when he was six would be be an ESL student in my book. Afterall, 15 years of studying English is more than enough time to gain an adaquate grasp of English.

I first started learning English in Junior Highschool and I do not consider myself an ESL student. Sure, English was my second language, but I've been learning it for TEN YEARS now. If I can't get a respectable grade on verbal that means I did not work hard enough to catch up.

 

[luv2sd]

I consider a true ESL student to be someone who has been learning the English language in a submersive environment for less than six years.

For example, a child who grew up in another country and moved here when he was six would be be an ESL student in my book. Afterall, 15 years of studying English is more than enough time to gain an adaquate grasp of English.

I first started learning English in Junior Highschool and I do not consider myself an ESL student. Sure, English was my second language, but I've been learning it for TEN YEARS now. If I can't get a respectable grade on verbal that means I did not work hard enough to catch up.

you are not an ESL student but English is your secondary language and I don't think you can change this even if you become a professional translator

 

[TheElement]

Is there a section on the application for this type of issue?

 

[PilSeungKorea]

hmm. E - S - L....E -S - L..... It can be a good chant like
U-S-A..... U - S - A........ E - S - L.......... E-S - L........ U - S - A. ...........haha