TRACON CTLR FRUSTRATED WITH PROBS ASSOCIATED WORKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING PLTS. OTHER CTLRS AND SUPVR HAVE SAME DIFFICULTIES UNDERSTANDING AND VERIFYING CTL INSTRUCTIONS ARE UNDERSTOOD.

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A FOREIGN STUDENT BELONGS TO AN INTL FLT SCHOOL IN THE TYLER-LONGVIEW; TX; AREA. WHILE FLYING PRACTICE NDB APCHS; I WAS FORCED TO ASK FOR 3-4 REPEATS OF ALL XMISSIONS. THIS IS AN EVER-INCREASING PROB. FLT SCHOOL MGMNT'S POS IS THAT THEIR PLTS SHOULD REPEAT THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY ARE UNDERSTOOD AS A METHOD TO GAIN PRACTICE IN ENGLISH. THIS HAS RESULTED IN CTLRS NOT UNDERSTANDING READBACKS. MY ONLY CHOICE TODAY WAS 'LET HIM GO AND SEE WHAT HE DOES.' AFTER TALKING TO FELLOW CTLRS; I'VE FOUND THAT THIS IS BECOMING COMMON PRACTICE. ATC SHOULD START REFUSING TO WORK PLTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO CONVERSE IN UNDERSTANDABLE ENGLISH; AND SOME STANDARD NEEDS TO BE SET PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A STUDENT LICENSE. IF THIS PLT HAD AN EMER; I DOUBT I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PLT AND ASSIST THE PLT. IN TODAY'S INCIDENT; I INFORMED MY SUPVR OF MY SIT AND HE AND ANOTHER CTLR PLUGGED IN TO ASSIST ME IN INTERPING. WHEN HE HAD TRIED FOR THE FOURTH TIME TO GET AN APCH CLRNC; THE SUPVR SAID 'LET HIM GO AND SEE WHAT HE DOES.' CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH FACILITY SPECIALIST REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLED FACILITY SPECIALIST TO DETERMINE FACILITY CTL RESPONSIBILITIES; RPT NOT CLR. GGG TRACON PROVIDES APCH CTL SVC TO TYR ARPT/TWR. TYR HAS BRITE SLAVED OFF GGG APCH CTL.