(A) Being a linguistically deficient learner, I often needed more time and help than my peers incomprehending the concepts presented by my teachers.
(B) Born two months premature, I weighed only 35 ounces — a little more than a venti-sizeStarbucks coffee — and was diagnosed by the doctor as having suffered slight braindamage that might debilitate my future language development.
(C) Because of these amazing instructors, I did not view my limitations as an end to mylearning.
(D) What helped me overcome my language barriers and become a successful language learnerin spite of this physiological deficit carried from birth?
__(37)__. As predicted by the doctor, I experienced exasperating language delays and problems indecoding speech sounds during the first year of my life. Unlike other babies, language did not comenaturally to me； my language learning experience involved serious effort. I nonetheless attainednative-like proficiency in my first language, Mandarin, became a highly proficient speaker of mysecond language, English, and am currently a speech pathologist. __(38).__ Some might say that thisincredible feat was made possible thanks to the brain’s ability to reorganize and restructure itself. Thefortune of encountering several inspiring mentors, however, is the main reason in how I overcame thebiological and mental barriers in my own personal growth over the years. These inspiring mentorshave taught me a number of teaching philosophies, which are quite instrumental in shaping my ownteaching. Among these important philosophies, I have come to realize that instruction needs to becontinuously developed, nurtured and evaluated by teachers and students, experts and novices, andby peers. __(39).__ In spite of this comprehension issue, I was fortunate enough to come across several teacherswhose patience, creativity, and, most importantly, adaptation of their teaching structures allowed meto access each concept in a supporting environment. __(40).__ Instead, I saw alternatives that enabled meto accomplish the particular goal of learning. Thus, in my own personal growth as a teacher over theyears, I have worked very hard to understand my students’ individual learning styles, accommodatetheir instructional/learning needs, deliver my courses at their levels, and teach by illustration andanalogy.
【題組】37.