I've Been Thinking...

        Though none of the students in my class are English language learners, they are all special education students, so they do face a lot of obstacles with their language.  I suppose when I think or talk about the way they speak, I would be focusing more on their speech than their language, but  the two relate very much.  Lately I have just been thinking more about how, with all of their speech deficits, each child seems to have his or her own language. It is so fortunate for these children that they stay with the same teachers for three years, because it has taken us nearly two, to efficiently translate their sounds and words.

        In our Linguistics class, we were talking about how some ESL students are falsely classified, when an actual difficulty with learning the English language is chalked up to be a learning disability.  When I hear people working with my students who are unfamiliar with them and their language, it gives me a chance to see how such problems can arise.  At first meeting, many teachers would have no idea of the  capabilities or intelligence of my students.  Due to their speech/language deficits, a lot of information they are trying to communicate becomes lost in translation, which, over time, can become frustrating and  disheartening, for the students as well as the adults.

obstacles (n)- Something that hinders progress
suppose (v)- To believe something as true
focusing (v)- Concentrating on something
loop (v)- Staying with the same group of people for more than one year
efficiently (adj)- Being successful at something
falsely (adv)- Wrong or misleading
 capabilities (n)- The ability to become affected by a given action

1. The girl was __________ accused of stealing the necklace.
2. All of the ________ of the new iphone are incredible!
3. Some people judge a persons __________solely on their physical appearance.
4. I __________ the hot temperatures melted my chocolate bar.
5.  A special needs person will face more __________ in their life than a typical person.
6. While earning my degree in Psychology I was ___________ on Special Education.
7. It is hard for me to complete the job because I am __________ with the machinery.

Adverb- Part of speech that modifies or qualifies other verbs or clauses.  For example, I use adverbs in my writing when I say, "falsely classified" and "efficiently translate".

Find the adverbs in each sentence
1. That Italian restaurant is famously good.
2. In the race yesterday the yellow car was so much faster than the red one.
3. At the end of Cinderella, she and the prince live happily ever after.
4.  I nervously asked my teacher what material would be on next weeks test.