From the reactions here, it sounds like no one wants English learning.
Not at all. You are way off. You see, the class this thread is talking about exists because these kids are being TAUGHT IN SPANISH.
THAT is what we are railing against. There should be no "English as second language" clases because there should be no NEED for English as a second language. If these kids can't learn in school in ENGLISH, they do not belong in an American school at all.
The situation is the SAME as getting people on FR to use HTML and standardized style in their POSTS. No one said people should be kicked off FR because they (you) don't know HTML or use proper posting style.
That is why FR set up the HTML sandbox, a program that has been in existence on FR for eight years.
I agree with English emersion. That is how it is done in China. All courses are taught in Chinese even though everyone speaks English. Students that do not speak Chinese go into intensive classes to learn Chinese before going to regular classes.
And Chinese people coming here whose English is not good enough to take courses in English must learn English quickly.
The question is, what do you do to get the system the way you want it?
In the mean time, there are kids that want to learn English and people that want to teach it to them. Again, why would you be opposed to that?