“Assuming” is a vague word of describing an English Language Learner (ELL) student in a classroom. Assuming can differ from one student to another, depending on the students’ knowledge of receiving an education in a classroom. The assumptions of how the host country’s classroom is portrayed also differs from one country to another. Thus, having a basic knowledge from an ELL student’s perspective from different sources that portrays a classroom from that host country can be abnormal for that ELL student. As quoted from the book Not for ESOL Teachers, “making assumptions of cultural meanings based on your own perception of cultural reality can result in incorrect interpretations of another’s intentions.” The role of making such assumptions
