English Language Learner Challenges
Climate: Weather the Weather.
By: Manuel R. CortezRodas
A student who has lived in the tropics is now living in the frozen tundra. There is now white snowy blizzards being driven by northern winds in the life of a student who has never experience this in the tropics. Even within the Unites States, students can have difficulties adjusting to the climate when moving from Seattle, Washington to Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida to Boston, Massachusetts. There are difficulties students face in their learning when moving within the United States. These difficulties also exist when moving from one nation to another, one hemisphere to another, one climate to another.- How to prepare for new weather
- Shelter: The student's place of residence should be adequately prepared to provide an educational learning environment.
- Clothing: How to dress for the weather, and not to impress, is a lesson that is very helpful to students who are new to the climate that they will become accustomed to while living in the United States.
- Information: News and information, weather channel or websites, looking at the sky to see what may come, are some of the ways that students will begin to understand how to make adjustments not just to their wardrobe, but mentally and physiologically.
- Experience: There is no better way to understand weather than to experience it. Having a chance to go play in the snow may help you become familiar with winter weather, but it will not prepare you to make it through a blizzard.
It takes a year for someone to experience the complete cycle of weather climate that any one region of the world endures. It also takes many more years to become accustomed to the variations in weather climate that one experiences when living in a region for a long time. Even after many years of living in one region, unexpected climate weather can occur. Some students take time adjusting to new weather changes, and some may never adjust, and while they are adjusting to the weather, they will be expected to perform along side those students who are accustomed to their region's climate.
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