<p>He doesn't know much English so I've been helping him since 9th grade (we've met in 8th grade in middle school, and then we went to the same school because it's a music school)</p>
<p>He constantly asks me for help when teacher hands out material because even though he has an electronic translator, he still doesn't understand a lot. We also work on group work together and he is very hard working. But sometimes he asks me stuff during class which can bother me. </p>
<p>I'm currently in 11th grade and I have been helping him with English since 9th grade and his English skills have been improving, and teachers know that, but it's a big deal for me. </p>
<p>So for my college app (common or questbridge), can I list this as something? I believe it is something major and I've taken extra time to help him.</p>
<p>if it’s on a regular basis, call it peer tutoring</p>
<p>Yea, it’s almost daily in every academic class except for math (but a couple times he still asked for my help) because in the whole class, only I speak his language fluently…
I’m glad I’ll be able to include it because it’s very important because without him, his grade would be LOWER and it would be harder for him to understand things because an electronic translator doesn’t translate everything, he has to confirm it with someone that it’s right. And it also shows that I’m willing to help people.</p>
<p>is it a significant amount of time outside of school? bc if it’s in school for 20 min during the class idk if it’s an ec</p>
<p>INclude it as:
Peer Tutoring, school year, Daily, 9, 10, 11, 12
helping ESL student (am only person in class who speaks his language. Am used as interpreter and translator for EAP and regular classes)</p>
<p>OK thanks 
There’s this other guy in my class that speaks his language, but his grades are really bad lol</p>
<p>Gotta ask: Why does he need so much help from you? Does your school not have an ESOL program?</p>
<p>He should try not to use the translator device so much. Encourage him to just think in English as much as possible. For a dictionary, he can try LearnersDictionary.com That is the site I encourage my adult ESOL students use.</p>
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<p>My high school is very small and it doesn’t have an ESOL program, there is an ESOL teacher that comes 2 periods every Thursday but she barely helps. </p>
<p>I’ve told him to think and use English as much as possible, but I can’t translate everything for him.</p>
<p>That’s sad to hear about the ESOL staffing. But if there are very few ESOL students in your school, it would be hard for the administration to convince themselves of the need for more ESOL instruction. Many administrators are pretty clueless about this. </p>
<p>In addition to encouraging him to push himself to master English, you might be able to suggest to him that he ask the ESOL teacher to work with his subject-area teachers to help them develop ESOL friendly teaching techniques. A team meeting with the ESOL teacher and the subject-area teachers would be a good thing.</p>
<p>If he is planning to go to college in the US, he should think about taking the TOEFL exam. Some places will accept the TOEFL instead of the ACT/SAT for students like him. Even if not, his TOEFL score will help his college place him correctly if he needs to do more work on his Academic English skills. As you have seen, those skills are very different from everyday communication skills.</p>
<p>You are a good friend to be helping him with this.</p>
<p>He already knows about TOEFL and he’s taking that and the SAT. Even though he’s an ESOL student, he still has to take the classes that other kids take, except maybe to a lesser degree. I also work on group projects with him.</p>
<p>I’ve put in a lot into helping him and giving him advice, I hope this could be a large part of my application.</p>