Real-Life Communication -- Solution
Here is an example of how you could adapt the article for low-level
readers:
The Crows and the Tigers played on Friday night.
They are both hockey teams.
The Crows and the Tigers had already played
five games. The Crows had won three games and the Tigers had won two games.
The first team to win four games will win the series.
The Crows
played very well. They scored a goal early in the game. The Tigers tried
to score. They shot the puck at the Crows' goalie many times. The goalie's
name is Jack Jones.
Jones played very well for his team and did not
allow any goals. This is called a shutout.
Now, the Crows will
play in the championship.
"Communicating is essential. Patience
in communicating is also important. I was a theater major in college, so
this helps," says Kate Goodspeed. She's an ESL teacher for the Colorado Refugee
ESL Program at Emily Griffith Opportunity School.
"It
helps that I spent eight years in China and really struggled to learn Chinese.
I have a lot of sympathy for my students because of this," she says. "I'd
suggest that anyone wanting to teach ESL should try living overseas and learning
the language. Putting yourself in your students' shoes is crucial to patience
in communicating."