Though this topic hits home, it's somewhat unclear to me how to teach ELLs because I've never been taught. Last trimester I had a student who mainly spoke Spanish. I paired him up with a bilingual student because he was too shy to ask me questions during the lesson (which is understandable). During the last 20 minutes of class I would have the students break into groups and practice math. Though I went around the classroom to help everyone, this was the time when I would occasionally sit with him and teach him math (translating from English to Spanish). I wanted to help him more, so I asked him to see me after school for additional tutoring, but he was not interested.
Now I'm wondering what I would do if a student speaks another language other than Spanish?