The ELL community is growing and their needs are just as important as any other student. Identifying their special needs can be more difficult because of the language barrier. They could just have a low English proficiency or they could have a learning disability and it is very difficult to recognize the difference between the two. This article gave the clear steps to help assess students in this situation. It acknowledged both their different cultural background as well as their different educational background. Assessing students with different cultural and educational backgrounds is a very detailed processed and must be done correctly to be effective. This affects the field of exceptional student education because it gives these educators a big responsibility to correctly identify disabilities in ELL students that might otherwise be overlooked or cast aside because of their English proficiency level. This subject will be very meaningful to me in my anticipated career of being a special educator. Working in South Florida, it is almost certain that I will have ELL students. Whether I am in a general classroom or a specialized teacher, I will have to assess these students to figure out if their learning is coming along like it is expected or if they need to be evaluated for a learning disability. It will be my responsibility to make sure that these students get the instruction they need and the help they may need as well to assist in their learning advancement. Learning about the process of how to do all of this is very important because it is all very precise and must be done a
The ELL community is growing and their needs are just as important as any other student. Identifying their special needs can be more difficult because of the language barrier. They could just have a low English proficiency or they could have a learning disability and it is very difficult to recognize the difference between the two. This article gave the clear steps to help assess students in this situation. It acknowledged both their different cultural background as well as their different educational background. Assessing students with different cultural and educational backgrounds is a very detailed processed and must be done correctly to be effective. This affects the field of exceptional student education because it gives these educators a big responsibility to correctly identify disabilities in ELL students that might otherwise be overlooked or cast aside because of their English proficiency level. This subject will be very meaningful to me in my anticipated career of being a special educator. Working in South Florida, it is almost certain that I will have ELL students. Whether I am in a general classroom or a specialized teacher, I will have to assess these students to figure out if their learning is coming along like it is expected or if they need to be evaluated for a learning disability. It will be my responsibility to make sure that these students get the instruction they need and the help they may need as well to assist in their learning advancement. Learning about the process of how to do all of this is very important because it is all very precise and must be done a