Como se dice... in English?

I have one child in my class who came into school knowing no English whatsoever. When we started school, she had only been in the United States (she's from Mexico) for a month! Talk about culture shock... she barely had time to adjust to a new country before she was thrust into school. During the first two weeks, she cried every single day. It was really hard because I was told to just let her cry. One day I had to teach over her wailing for forty minutes. Luckily, I have done a fabulous job retaining a lot of the Spanish I learned in my three years of high school and semester of college. I have been able to communicate a lot of what I need her to do through what I remember. I keep meaning to get in touch with my high school Spanish teacher and thank her! I think some of the first things we learned in her class (other than hello and the alphabet) were school supplies. Boy have they come in handy! She has now started picking up English phrases, especially since she started ESOL classes a couple of weeks ago. She gets really excited when she knows the answer to something. The other day she was reading a book and came to a picture of a child holding a dog. She asked me "Como se dice in English?" That was just so cute because she had never asked me how to say something in English before, and the fact that she said "in English" instead of "en ingles." It is such an amazing experience being able to watch her go through the process of learning another language. I feel very privileged and excited to be part of that journey!

(I apologize for the lack of accents where they are supposed to be, but I don't know how to put them in.)