Wait Time for ELL\'s
2
How many seconds is appropriate wait time for an English language learner?
-
Upload
christina-jaffe -
Category
Entertainment & Humor
-
view
917 -
download
1
Transcript of Wait Time for ELL\'s
![Page 1: Wait Time for ELL\'s](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082921/555994b5d8b42ac7648b50e3/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
How many seconds is appropriate wait time for an English language learner?
![Page 2: Wait Time for ELL\'s](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022082921/555994b5d8b42ac7648b50e3/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
That long! There is no magic number of seconds. (I have read 45-90 seconds or 20
seconds longer than you would usually wait.) The point is that English language learners need time to process your question, formulate their answer, and translate that answer from their native language back into English.