Erin, Wow, you are amazing in your efforts for the classroom. Yes, I think if they can find this literature in their native language it could help their comprehension. They would need to read both books. I know more work, however, most ESL students are willing to do the extra work. Currently I am trying to learn German. I find that my first need is to learn phrases and questions that will get me by in a normal conversational situation. My goal is to move on to numbers, time and vocabulary words. My suggestion is to give him sentences, and questions in English that pertain to the classroom. Under each question spell the words phonetically so he can sound them out. My next recommendation is for him to have a set of English/Chinese flash cards. Check Amazon.com for vocabulary cards. Maybe you can have a class set of different language cards and the students can check out 10 cards at a time. Can you see these ideas working? Arlene Muller