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Characteristics of ELL Students with and without a Disability Chart
Characteristics
ELL Student WITHOUT a Disability
ELL Student WITH a Disability
CAUSE OF PERCEIVED
PROBLEM
Extrinsic
Adaptation process to
environment
Intrinsic
Physiological in nature
SOCIAL
ABILITIES/AFFECTIVE
FACTORS
Demonstrates appropriate social
skills for home country
May have some social problems due
to lack of familiarity with American
customs, language, and expected
behaviors
May experience social isolation.
Student may tend to interact more
with pupils from own cultural group
May exhibit behavioral problems
associated with experiences of
failure in the regular or special
education program
May exhibit behavioral problems not
attributable to adjustment and
acculturation
May have difficulty forming
appropriate social relationships
May have frequent fights or
arguments
May experience cultural identity
problems and have poor self-esteem
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
Normal language learning potential
Demonstrates ability to achieve
communicative competence in first
language
Errors are attributed to second
language acquisition rather than
speech/language disability
Eventually, the student
communicates proficiently in the
second language
May not achieve communicative
competence in either first or second
language
Speech language disorders exhibited
in the areas of articulation, voice,
fluency, or receptive and expressive
language
Student does not express basic
needs adequately
Peers indicate that they have
difficulty understanding the student