English Language Learner Challenges
Conditions: Student's Prior Living Conditions.
By: Manuel R. CortezRodas
An English Language Learner who arrives in the United States has experienced prior living conditions in their native land or places of residence. Just as life and living conditions are varied between cities and states in the U.S., life and living conditions outside the U.S. is varied and different. There are places where our ideas and values are shared or respected, and there are places where civil war, famine, and violence are part of everyday life. The conditions that ELL students have had in their prior living conditions can present a challenge in their educational path when becoming educated in the United States.Taking the time to understand the place of origin of a student can be a beneficial tool that educators can use to help ELL's overcome the challenge of the student's prior living condition. Not all ELL students come from the same national, political, social, or economical conditions. There are many ELL's whose prior living conditions have prepared them on how to succeed in not just their own nation's educational path, but it has helped them build a path that can succeed in the U.S. as well as other educational systems.
Although some ELL's will have endured some prior hardships in their living conditions, all ELL's can pursuit a vision of educational success that best benefits them in becoming life long learners. As each student is unique, there will be those who have difficulties adjusting to new living conditions, while others will successfully adapt to their new environment of development.
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