DifficultyfollowingdirectionsDifficulty followingdirections becausethe directions werenot well understood;it can be harder toremember directionsin a secondlanguage.DifficultywithphonologicalawarenessDifficulty auditorilydistinguishingbetween sounds notin one’s firstlanguage, or soundsthat are presented ina different order.May seemeasilyfrustratedLearning in asecondlanguagecan befrustrating.May havedifficultyconcentratingLearning in a secondlanguage is mentallyexhausting;therefore, ELLs mayseem to havedifficultyconcentrating attimes.Difficultyretelling astory insequenceDifficulty retelling a story inEnglish without theexpressive skills to do so;yet the student mightunderstand more than s/hecan convey (i.e., receptiveskills in English might bestronger than expressiveskills).Slow to learnsound-symbolcorrespondenceConfusion withsound-symbolcorrespondencewhen it is differentthan in one’s firstlanguageMay havepoorauditorymemoryMay seem to havepoor auditorymemory if soundsor words areunfamiliar or notwell understood.Slow toprocesschallenginglanguageSlow to processchallenginglanguagebecause it is notwell understood.Difficultyrememberingsight wordsDifficultyrememberingsight wordswhen wordmeanings arenot understood.ConfusionwithfigurativelanguageConfusion withfigurative language,idioms, pronouns,conjunctions, andwords with multiplemeanings.DifficultyfollowingdirectionsDifficulty followingdirections becausethe directions werenot well understood;it can be harder toremember directionsin a secondlanguage.DifficultywithphonologicalawarenessDifficulty auditorilydistinguishingbetween sounds notin one’s firstlanguage, or soundsthat are presented ina different order.May seemeasilyfrustratedLearning in asecondlanguagecan befrustrating.May havedifficultyconcentratingLearning in a secondlanguage is mentallyexhausting;therefore, ELLs mayseem to havedifficultyconcentrating attimes.Difficultyretelling astory insequenceDifficulty retelling a story inEnglish without theexpressive skills to do so;yet the student mightunderstand more than s/hecan convey (i.e., receptiveskills in English might bestronger than expressiveskills).Slow to learnsound-symbolcorrespondenceConfusion withsound-symbolcorrespondencewhen it is differentthan in one’s firstlanguageMay havepoorauditorymemoryMay seem to havepoor auditorymemory if soundsor words areunfamiliar or notwell understood.Slow toprocesschallenginglanguageSlow to processchallenginglanguagebecause it is notwell understood.Difficultyrememberingsight wordsDifficultyrememberingsight wordswhen wordmeanings arenot understood.ConfusionwithfigurativelanguageConfusion withfigurative language,idioms, pronouns,conjunctions, andwords with multiplemeanings.

Similarities Between LD and Language Acquisition Bingo! - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Difficulty following directions because the directions were not well understood; it can be harder to remember directions in a second language.
    Difficulty following directions
  2. Difficulty auditorily distinguishing between sounds not in one’s first language, or sounds that are presented in a different order.
    Difficulty with phonological awareness
  3. Learning in a second language can be frustrating.
    May seem easily frustrated
  4. Learning in a second language is mentally exhausting; therefore, ELLs may seem to have difficulty concentrating at times.
    May have difficulty concentrating
  5. Difficulty retelling a story in English without the expressive skills to do so; yet the student might understand more than s/he can convey (i.e., receptive skills in English might be stronger than expressive skills).
    Difficulty retelling a story in sequence
  6. Confusion with sound-symbol correspondence when it is different than in one’s first language
    Slow to learn sound-symbol correspondence
  7. May seem to have poor auditory memory if sounds or words are unfamiliar or not well understood.
    May have poor auditory memory
  8. Slow to process challenging language because it is not well understood.
    Slow to process challenging language
  9. Difficulty remembering sight words when word meanings are not understood.
    Difficulty remembering sight words
  10. Confusion with figurative language, idioms, pronouns, conjunctions, and words with multiple meanings.
    Confusion with figurative language