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I grew up in a house (and even currently while living with my roommates) that only watched TV with captions on, so now whenever I watch or listen to something without captions, I can barely understand it.

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I can't say I have too many issues when it comes to verbal communication, but I did grow up with a pretty significant speech sound disorder. I was in speech therapy from the time I could speak up until I was 13. I did speech therapy in school, and after school.

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I wouldn't necessarily have anything in common with my student and I feel like it would be unfair to him to try to relate to his struggles, but I will say my student is around 14 years old and as an "older child" who went to speech therapy, I may understand some of his "embarrassment."

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I believe listening is so important because when we listen to someone, we hear tone which always shows us their true intentions. A sentence like "I'm fine" can mean countless other things depending on how the individuals tone sounded when speaking. It helps us become aware of how the induvial meant something regardless of the words used.

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To me coming to a discussion prepared means knowing what you want to talk about, how you want to talk about it, and having certain facts and/or experiences ready to share if needed. I also think being prepared to have a discussion is needing to be open minded to hear the others point of view. I believe it's like having your ducks in a row, but open to taking in more ducks!

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Listening is crucial to developing oral language skills because to say a word "correctly" is to hear how and when it's used properly. As someone who loves to read the best way I can relate listening back to oral language is when readers comprehend a character's name in their book as one thing (however they said it in their head) and then actually hearing how it was meant to sound when watching the movie adaptation.

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Listening is truly the foundation of oral language. In the SLP world, listening would be considered the input where oral language is considered the output. The two innately work together, the more we listen, the more speak. These two concepts go and rely heavily on one another.

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I sometimes have trouble comprehending verbal instructions if they aren't specific or paired with something else like words.

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I struggle with being "articulate" and choosing words to use. I often add a lot of fillers to my speech and don't sound super consice.

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My chosen ELL student is a Mandarin speaking 5th grader. I do not have much in common with him. However, I was pretty shy in my school-age years and I can partly relate to his hesitancy to speak in some situations.

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Listening is important for many reasons. It helps us follow instructions, build friendship, and learn new things. I think the most meaningful aspect of listening is making people feel heard.

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Listening is crucial for developing oral language, because you "walk before you run." Before speaking, you must observe and gather the rules of speech and language. This is exactly what babies do, and why hearing impairments, especially undetected, can affect speech. Good listening is the foundation for strong communication skills.

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Listening and oral language are connected, and ultimately rely on one another to coexist. That's how communication works--you listen, then you respond.

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To come to a discussion prepared means to have put some thought into it beforehand. This could mean understanding the topic and having personal experiences or questions on hand. Ultimately, both parties should be just as willing to listen as they are to contribute.

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I struggle with listening to other people around me talk if I am working on something else or heavily focused on something else. If I am writing or typing something while someone is talking, I tend to start typing/writing what the person is saying.

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I haven't had many struggles with speaking, but I tend to add filler words when speaking to people such as "like" and "um", mainly if I am nervous or speaking to someone that I am not comfortable around.

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My student moved from Pittsburgh from Brazil, and he speaks English well in conversation, he struggles with comprehension of classroom lectures at times. My student and I share the commonality of struggling to understand/ comprehend lectures from time to time. I have always been one to struggle with listening and comprehending lectures during class time.

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Listening is a very important part of living because it plays a crucial role in your relationships, your education, and your communication. It also prevents future misunderstandings and miscommunication between people. Listening and comprehending are also closely tied in.

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Listening is important for your language development from the womb. You listen to your parents speak to you and as you are born and grow up you listen to the language that is spoken around you. Listening to others speak is crucial for how you develop your own oral language skills.

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Listening and oral language go hand-in-hand, both are important for effective communication. Think about your daily conversations that you have with peers, you listen to what they say, you respond to what they say, and that cycle repeats until the conversation comes to an end.

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When most people think about being "prepared" for a discussion, they think of having a written out speech that they will repeat word for word. While that may be the case in some situations, I think coming to a discussion prepared means coming with a general idea of what the discussion will entail, having your own perspective or idea, and maybe some research or personal findings to mention during the discussion. Being prepared for a discussion is helpful in a lot of scenarios, but not always needed.

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When it comes to listening I have problems hearing people when they or I am not looking at them. Both my dad and grandma have hearing problems so I am not sure if it is genetic or I just struggle with listening.

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I have the problem when addressing others or talking to groups of people my brain thinks faster than what my mouth can put out. So I start to stutter or blend my words together.

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My ELL student and I may have a similar problem where we may know what we want to say. However, we may struggle with articulating and putting the words out there.

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Listening is extremely important because it impacts so much of our life’s. In school you have to listen to instructions and be able to listen to the teacher when taking notes or lecture. Listening is also important when it comes to understanding tone and how/why people say what they say.

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Growing up, I was never allowed my phone at the dinner table or any family function. Now, I struggle with other people being on their phones during dinner or get togethers. I fall into the trap and get on my phone and while I am on my phone, I block out everything else. I am not a multi tasker. Therefore, if I am doing anything besides listening, I am a terrible listener. But, if I am in a conversation with no distractions or phones, I am a great listener.

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I have a few challenges with speaking. Genrally, I am very outgoing and easy to talk to. I struggle with talking to fast and my words bledning together or meshing the word together. An example is that recently I have been noticing when I go to say the word "for" I say "fer". I also struggle with losing my train of thought. I will be telling a good and very detailed story and then I juat go blank. It is very frustrating.

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Thinking of my student Paolo. I do not belive we would have much in common. I struggle with having too much to say, and I feel that Paolo would just be mixing up his grammar. I do not think it woild be very fair to compare Paolo and I.

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I think listening skills are so crucial. For one, I think listening is a great way for other people to feel seen and hear. Just listening to what they have to say whether its nonsense or just what is going on in their life. Another one, is you can learn a lot. If a student is learning, listening to them can show us as educators what the student is learning.

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I tend to have trouble listening sometimes when there is a lot of extra noise. I get overwhelmed and struggle to block out the noise. If I am in a quiet room with no extra noise, I have no issues. I often struggle listening to a speaker when in a large room, I need to be in a confined space in order to listen well. The one on one connection really helps me.

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I feel that I have very good speech and don't really struggle with speaking. I like to speak in front of large crowds and I sing in front of large crowds so I have gotten used to being very fluent and intelligible when speaking.

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I often struggle with good listening skills when I don't understand something and when something is not interesting to me. I also struggle to listen when I am in a noisy environment. I become distracted quite easily and can't stay focused.

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I think with listening, my ELL would have a very similar issue. I think it would be extra hard for her to listen within a loud setting because she is already focusing on trying to understand a new language. This may be extra difficult because the extra speaking around her is also new, so she would be trying to process so many things at the same time. I think having a one on one conversation or being in a smaller, quiet room would be beneficial to her.

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I don't think I have too many challenges when it comes to speaking. Sometimes I will try to talk too fast, and my words will come out jumbled or in an order that doesn't make sense. I also tend to use filler words like "uh" and "like."

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Listening is important because it is one of the best way to learn and gather information correctly. If we aren't listening and something is just in written form, it may be confusing. For example if someone says, "seriously" with a loud expressive voice it may mean they are angry. If they say it with a softer voice they may simply be asking if the person was serious. We really need to take a persons tone and loudness into account.

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Listening is important when developing language because that person needs to see how other people speak. They can get good examples of how a person says something using tones, and loudness. They can also see how the person communicates with others and how they respond using prosody. They may think they were saying something correctly because that is how they saw it written, but it may be different when they hear it through speech.

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Listening is used as a way to learn more about language. The more we listen, the better our language gets. If we are in a certain part of the world and they have an accent, us listening may lead to us having that accent as well because it is what we heard. We get a lot of our skills from listening to other people, even as a baby, that is how we learn.

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I think coming to a discussion prepared means to go over possible prompts and ideas. I think you have to think of how other people respond because it may be very different from how you respond. You have to be prepared to respond to them and back up your own responses. Having notes next to you may be a great way to be prepared as well if you can't store the information in your head. Look at all of your resources before hand because you never know what you might need to back up.

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Thinking about my chosen ELL student, I don't think that he and I would have too much in common with respect to listening and speaking challenges. My student is in kindergarten, and he struggles to express his confusion. Because of this, he often acts out and misbehaves. I think one way that I could relate to this is that when I don't understand something, sometimes I will disengage because I have become frustrated.

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Listening is important because it helps us learn and understand new information and ideas. Listening can also help us understand how someone else feels.

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Listening is important to developing oral language because we can hear before we can speak. Most of us listen to all kinds of noises from before we were even born to the time of our first words. Listening helps us take in new information about language and shows us how to use language orally.

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Listening and oral language are two ideas that coexist with one another. When we listen, we take in new information, which can help our oral language. When you think about all of the conversations you have in a day, those are made up of oral and listening skills. You listen while others are talking and respond to them when they are done.

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I think that coming to a discussion prepared means that you have a general idea of what you would like to talk about. I don't think this means that you need to completely plan out what you are going to say, but rather do some research and think about some ideas that you may have.

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Listening is so important for developing oral language. Listening is when you hear how the students already speak and we can help them with what they are struggling in. Also, we learn that when kids are young just talking infront of them or having conversations with them helps them learn. We can help them learn by listening to them and they can learn from listening to others.

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One problem that I have with listening is that whenever the conversation is going on for too long I start to zone out.

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One challenge I have with speaking is speaking for a long time. I cannot ramble on and on about something. I get straight to the point and I tend to not go into enough detail.

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I feel that I would not have anything in common with my MLL because it we are at two totally different skill levels. I have been speaking English my entire life and he is just now learning it. If my MLL was to struggle with listening or speaking I feel that he would struggle with speaking because the pronounciation differences between English and Mandarin are extreme.

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Listening is a crucial aspect of having daily conversations. In order to live a successful life people have to have conversations with people. It is a daily funciton that is required to survive and thrive within a society.

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I have challenges with listening if I can't see the person's lips moving while they talk. If I am not reading their lips, I usually have to ask them to repeat themselves. It is not a hearing problem, but more of trying to focus on what is being said!

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When speaking, I tend to get stuck on words if my mind is going in many different directions when trying to talk. The less I think, the clearer I talk.

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I am sure my ELL student and I could relate on getting stuck on words when trying to talk. Although it is on different levels, we probably both get stuck on words in our own ways.

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Listening is important for a speaker to feel understood. Having a person listen to what you are saying can help to develop a connection between one another.

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Listening is vital for developing oral language. Observing how others make sounds with their mouths help to figure out how to make the same sounds. It is also crucial when observing how people use different tones based on how the speaker wants the message to be delivered.

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Listening is essential to developing oral language because it provides the foundation for understanding and producing spoken communication. Before students can speak they must be able to first hear and process the language and then match the sounds that they hear.

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Me personally, I have real bad issues with zoning out. While somehow, I have no official hearing loss via hearing exams, I sometimes require people to repeat what they said multiple times and sometimes slowly to actually understand.

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I have a bad issue with stuttering and tripping on my words. I could have even the most solid well thought out thought, but then I would still trip on my words. I do not typically have issues with pronunciation.

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I am certain that my ELL student would relate to me tripping on words every now and then. But other than that, I think we would not get caught on the same things.

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Listening is important in many facets. Listening shows people that we care what they are saying, along with that it is the basis of how we communicate. It is how we gain information.

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Listening is crucial because it is a way to see people do it for themselves. Babies learn to speak from their parents from listening to them all the time, at least that is how I think it.

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I struggle with listening when I am attempting to multitask. If someone is speaking to me and I am actively doing something simultaneously, I tend to only half listen to what the person is saying.

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I struggle with speaking too quickly. I am already a fast talker but when I am anxious or speaking in front of a group, I tend to speak very quickly and have trouble with pronunciation. I feel like my brain is moving faster than my mouth can.

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My chosen ELL student is a fourth grader whose first language is Japanese. I feel like it is difficult for me to relate to my ELL because my issues stem from focusing issues and nervousness. My ELL has trouble with communication due to learning a new language. I do think that both me and my ELL benefit from visuals.

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I believe that listening is so important because without being able to listen, we are unable to grasp anything. Listening is not the sole way for learning, but it plays a very large role in communication and understanding.

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I think listening is important to develop oral language because listening is the key to effective communication. It also allows for critical thinking to occur. I think we learn a lot about communication just from listening. Babies learn how to talk from listening to their parents.

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I have ADHD so growing up it was hard for me to stay attentive when listening. Things would go in one year and out the other so many things had to be repeated. Now I have found a way to listen intently so I do not have to have things repeated constantly.

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As a SLP major I feel like I do not have many issues when it comes to speaking and verbal communication. I have always been a " chatter box" and am very clear when relaying my verbal communication. I do however tend to talk very fast which I have been working on.

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I do not think my chosen student and I have much in common and it would be unfair to say we understand each others struggles since I am very expressive and my student is not.

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Listening is important because it is how we connect with other and relay emotions through the tone we hear. It also allows us to be in touch with our surroundings by knowing what is going on and how we should react to it.

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Listening is crucial when developing oral language because it is how we learn to speak. We hear how sounds are supposed to sound, what words mean, how to have conversations, how to communicate feelings through tone, and so much more. We are able to gather information and relay it from hearing and speaking.

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Listening is the foundation for oral communication. Listening is the input of communication and language where speaking is the output. Oral language and hearing work together to relay information and learning. They are a "team" and are essential for both to work " correctly".

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Coming to a discussion prepared for me means that I know what I want to say and how I will communicate it. I know what we are discussing, have done my research, and planned my discussion out throughly. I know how to connect the information to real experiences and facts. You must be organized and confident to be prepared in my opinion.

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I struggle with maintaining focus when there are multiple conversations or background noise; I often miss details and have to ask people to repeat themselves. I like to be able to focus my thoughts on one specific person in order to give them my full undivided attention.

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Listening is very important for developing oral language. It helps build vocabulary and the students' comphrension. By hearing people speak, listeners can learn new words.

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Listening provides us with the foundation of speaking skills. Listeners can learn what can be said by hearing speaking.

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Coming to a discussion prepared means coming with an understanding of the topic. A person should have their thoughts gathered on the topic so they can engage in the discussion.

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I sometimes hesitate speaking when I am in unfamiliar groups. However, when I am familiar with who I am speaking to or with, my words flow smoother and I feel more comfortable.

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With Amelia, my chosen ELL student, We shared some of the same minor challenges like feeling less confident to contribute to conversations in specific settings. Other than that, I am pretty confident in my speech and do not overly relate to Amelia.

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Listening is very important because it is the foundation of accurate comprehension, relationship building, and effective classroom participation. Without good listening, misunderstanding multiply and learning stalls. Strong listening signals respect and opens opportunities for meaningful feedback and collaboration.

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Listening is crucial for developing oral language because it provides models of pronunciation, grammar, and pragmatic use. Learners internalize patterns and vocabulary through exposure before they can reliably produce them. Repeated, meaningful listening experiences paired with opportunities to practice accelerate speaking development and self-monitoring.

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Sometimes I struggle to listen when there are other noises around me. Instead of comprehending what the speaker is saying, I focus on the distracting sounds. I am also a visual learner, and I understand more easily when someone shows me how to do something while explaining it.

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When I speak, people often tell me that I’m a soft or quiet speaker. I frequently have to repeat myself, even though it sounds to me like I’m talking at a normal volume.

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I don’t think I have much in common with my chosen ELL. We could have articulation in common because sometimes I do struggle to articulate certain words.

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Listening is important in various ways. In school, listening is important when following directions, paying attention, and working in groups. Listening plays an important role in conversations and helps people make stronger connections.

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Listening is important to develop oral language because it allows the listener to learn how to speak. When people are learning to speak, they listen and try to repeat what they heard. They can learn how to say a word and when to say it.

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Oral language and listening have a strong connection in communication. Listening helps with the development of oral language. For example, when someone is listening, they can understand what the person is saying and how they are feeling by their tone.

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I believe discussion prepared means knowing what I want to say before a discussion. Depending on the discussion I would want to know my main ideas, feelings, and answers before the discussion. I also want to make sure that I am listening to what others are saying.

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I feel like i have a decently hard time listening. My mind is always rolling with thoughts that I have a hard time controlling. This makes it difficult for me to give my full attention to someone or something else.

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I have little to no trouble speaking. I do stutter sometimes though.

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We probably won't have too much in common when it comes to listening and speaking. At the very least, we wouldn't have that much in common if we are both speaking in English.

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Listening is a very crucial skill for all people. It allows us to truly connect with each other and learn more about others.

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Listening is vital to developing oral language. Listening helps to learn how certain words as well as when and where words should be used.

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I am going to piggyback off my response for this question. They are connect as we hear ourselves speak, we get an idea of how our pronunciation differs from those around us

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It means you come prepared with what you are going to talk about. It also means you feel confident about what you are saying.

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In small talk, I tend to talk out of automaticity. For example, I have trouble remembering names. I think this is because small talk feels like automated responses and I don't tend to listen as well when focusing on the next thing I need to respond with.

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I tend to overthink what I am trying to say, especially in front of others, and this causes me to blank. Then I get consumed with knowing exactly what to say ahead of time, so I don't blank. This really only happens in groups or public speaking, but I think I am easy to talk to when its one-on-one.

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I do not think that I have anything in common with my MLL/ELL learner, Jose. I think it would be unjust and disrespectful to compare my listening and speaking to my student because we do not share the same experiences. He is at a different comprehension level and is also bilingual. Although, I do think that there is a ton we can learn from each other because of these different life and language experiences.

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Listening is important because there are so many things to learn from when we listen. Not only does this allow us to learn new information but also allows us to pick up on cues. For example, if I walk into a room and it is quiet then I know to not make any noise. This is a situation that would be harder to pick up on if I was not listening for cues because then I may become a distraction by creating noise.

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Listening is important to developing oral language because it allows for observation before trial. Based off my personal experiences, I would much rather have a demonstration to ensure that I am correctly attempting whatever it is. This helps build confidence and growth.

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Listening and oral language are connected because it is hard to have one without the other. If one is listening, then they are going to be growing their oral language and comprehension. If one is using oral language, then they are engaging with another person to show that they are listening and responding.

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To come to a discussion prepared means to assess all areas of work and obstacles and know how to present that information to others. It is a blend of being able to do multiple tasks. For example, someone can do all the work and research needed for the discussion, but if they can't express or share the data in the discussion properly then all that work isn't being showcased. Knowing how to balance all areas of the assignment, while also addressing obstacles shows that someone prepared.