Feeling our words from the Daily OM

I totally agree with this article because I do believe that words are important transmitters of feelings that can be used in positive or negative ways. We as future teachers should take this subject into account because children are careful listeners and if we don not measure what we say it can bring consequences. We as teachers should be ready to teach ELL students and one of the main factors for this is to know how to speak to ELL students. I as a ELL students myself had to find ways to understand my teachers because there were times when I did not understand what they were saying. I took into account other features like voice tone, facial expressions, etc. I think that ELL students have it twice as hard as regular speaking students because they not only have to deal with adapting to this new life but the language is also a main problem for them. Sometimes I think that people tend to speak fast because they just want to get the message across as fast as they can and I noticed myself doing this when I was in my early years of college. As time passed I realize that speaking slowly and clearly made it very easy for my listeners to understand me and also made my point clear and precise. In general, teachers should pay close attention to the way they speak because it will affect tremendously in a child's academic performance.