Never compare your challenges to somebody else’s.
One thing I can
assure prospective language
students is that
they will face some challenges. They may
be minor or
major. And this is
normal. One of the
biggest mistakes a
person can make is to
compare their situation
to somebody else’s
without first analyzing
it critically. This is
what makes it
unwise to do so.
Let’s look at
the following analogy, here
are two students
who are having
a difficult time
with conjugations. At first
glance, it seems like
a straight forward
issue. Their area of
weakness is conjugating
verbs. That’s a general
analysis and it
may be misleading. One student
may be having
difficulties conjugating verbs
in the present
form/tense while the
other may be
experiencing difficulties with
the subjunctive tense.
What does
the above scenario
mean?. It means that
there’s no one
size fits all solution for
both students. Each student
will have to
isolate their area
of weakness and
work on it. Therefore, this is
why it’s very important to
understand one’s individual
struggles and address
them. This is not
only helpful to
the student but
also to the
teacher. It becomes easier
to assist a
student when they
can pinpoint their
area of weakness. This is because
it
sets up the
specific target that
needs to be
addressed. Also, it makes follow
up easy in
finding out if
the intervention was
successful.
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