One of the focuses of this chapter is on the need for teachers of English Language Learners to recognize the emotional fatigue that is associated with attempting to pay attention to a teacher. Students who are limited in their knowledge of English have a much harder time concentrating to a teacher who is talking throughout a class period. They also find it difficult to keep straight the concepts of schooling that they may not have experienced in their previous education, such as textbooks, taking notes, or doing research.
This part of the chapter stood out to me because I know what it is like to be among people who speak a different language and you don’t understand them. I often get a headache just trying to listen to my friends who speak Portuguese; I can’t even imagine what it would be like to have to pay attention to a full class period of it. It is important that teachers are aware of the students in their classrooms and that they offer whatever help they can to those who have less skills in English. It is going to be hard for these students to pay attention to a lecture, let alone that they are around English teaching all day long.
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