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Old April 30, 2009, 10:34 AM
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Annual Parent Notification of Student Placement...which one sounds better? Any other ideas Este es el encabezado de un memorando que se les envía a los padres

Notificación Anual Para Padres Acerca de la Colocación de Alumnos

Aviso Anual Para Padres Sobre la Colocación de Alumnos

Aviso Para Padres Sobre la Colocación Anual de Alumnos


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Old April 30, 2009, 10:59 AM
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Student placement? What do you mean by that?
Colocación doesn't seem to make sense.
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Old April 30, 2009, 11:26 AM
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This form is for parents of children classified as English language learners. Students' language skills are tested annually to evaluate whether they are beginners, intermediate or advanced. This is primarily for children who's primary language is something other than English. Depending on their scores, and fluency they are then "placed" in the appropriate classes where they will receive the language support they need. Soooo, too late to make a long story short, this is basically a form that is sent to parents to inform them of there child's score and where they will be placed next year., beginning, intermediate or advance.

I hope that helps...thanks
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¿Puede ser distribución? Sobre cómo van a colocar a los alumnos en las aulas, o algo así.
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@lblanco: I think "Notificación Anual Para Padres Acerca de la Colocación de Alumnos" sounds more formal. "Aviso anual..." also sounds good enough to me.

@irmamar & Ambarina: cuando se hacen exámenes de clasificación para conocer el nivel de capacidades de los alumnos, se llama "colocación"... al menos por acá.
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@lblanco: I think "Notificación Anual Para Padres Acerca de la Colocación de Alumnos" sounds more formal. "Aviso anual..." also sounds good enough to me.

@irmamar & Ambarina: cuando se hacen exámenes de clasificación para conocer el nivel de capacidades de los alumnos, se llama "colocación"... al menos por acá.
No lo sabía. Claro, cada uno lo dice como se dice en su país, a veces puede dar lugar a confusión, pero también enriquece el vocabulario de todos. Por eso digo muchas veces que, además de aprender inglés, estoy aprendiendo español de otros países.
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Muchas gracias a todos.

Working in a California school district, sometimes I am at a quandary to figure out words to use in my translations that can be understood by the majority of our parent population. The majority come from Mexico however, we also have parents from Central, South America and Cuba. My other challenge is that many of our parents come from disadvantaged social-economic backgrounds with little to no education.

All your help is greatly appreciated!!!
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Ubicación podría ser usado también.
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Doesn't ubicación refer to the location or site where a building or place can be found?
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Doesn't ubicación refer to the location or site where a building or place can be found?
But also where a student can be found, ¿no?
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