Being someone who can only speak English teaching ELL students would probably be my most difficult task as a teacher. Two students (Rafael and Elaine) both emphasized the importance of being patient and allowing time for students to full comprehend and respond to new material.
This jumped out at me because my family is currently living with a foreign exchange student from Korea, and she informed us that the hardest part about school is reading English and than translating it into her foreign language. This takes considerable time, thus the expectations for ELL students must be somewhat lowered and allowed revisions, redrafts, and extensions. However, several students pointed out the fact that as teachers we should expect the best out of our students, and keep our expectations in line with those for the rest of the class. The only difference is we must allow for time and revisions to help them along the way. An important fact to remember: they are studying both social studies AND English; this applies to every single class they have!
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