this article on teaching programming to non-native English speakers is super helpful http://pgbovine.net/non-native-english-speakers-learning-programming-paper.htm I definitely struggle with this in my own teaching, and it's doubly difficult because so much of what I teach is specifically *about* English. nevertheless I've been trying lately to engineer more opportunities for my students to make work in and about other languages
Proverbially kicking myself for not getting over to meet pg when he was in town.