Female-identified Student 16

International Student

Living in a Home Stay

Limited School Communication with Parents

Schooling in China (Mandarin)

Some English Exposure in Previous Schooling

Completed ESL programming at school, having taken her OSSLT in Grade 10

First Language Mandarin

Additional L2s - Spanish and French

Studying FSL at Alliance Francaisie

Studying Spanish in-school with some ESL supports

Current taking Grade 10 Spanish

ESL Supports include: Mandarin-Spanish Dictionary, Extra Time for Assessments and Evaluations

Opportunities to engage in Mandarin with other classmates who are also Mandarin-speaking English Language Learners

Mostly acculturated, but some challenges in presenting student voice in the clasroom and voicing opinion to teacher

Student has acclimated well to life in Ontario, having successfully compelted ESL 5 and having established a community of English-speaking and Mandarin-speaking friends at the school. She is an academically motivated student, but can get frustrated at times when class materials are presented bilingually (English and Spanish/French), without reference in Mandarin. Support is needed to ensure that she is able to obtain sufficient supports for her language learning in English to ensure that she is able to better engage in her learning in further languages.