Hi-- I just looked over the article Rochelle posted about communicating 
with LD and ESL students.  The article, in my view, has some excellent 
suggestions that, as the authors note, make communicating with both 
type of students much more effective and rewarding.

I just want to warn this list to remember that having communication 
difficulties does NOT mean an ESL learner has LD beyond normal language 
acquisition behaviors (difficulty distinguishing what persons are 
saying, processing slowly, etc.).

It is extremely difficult in most cases to know if an ESOL learner has 
something we might identify as learning DISABILITIES; it is common, 
however, for adult ESOL learners to have learning DIFFICULTIES which 
can be the result of a wide range of issues.

I find it regrettable that ESOL learners were lumped with those with LD 
in this otherwise valuable article.


Robin Lovrien Schwarz
Independent Consultant in ESOL/Adult Education and Learning Differences
614-582-7673
902 S. 4th Avenue,
Wausau, WI 54401
(Summer: 118 Village Road
Steuben, ME 04680)

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