As stated previously, I am fascinated with language...how it develops, how people acquire it, and the various problems associated with each of these areas. I am especially interested in children's language development and one day, I hope to work in this field. However, since I have already been exposed to a good deal of general information about children's language development in previous CD courses, I chose to explore a different area of language for this project. I want to find out more about people acquiring English as a Second Language (their difficulties, training methods, etc.). I know extremely little about this topic except for my few conversations with the Japanese exchange students that my aunt and uncle keep at their house. Before school started, I learned about how they could not enroll for fall classes until they had passed an E.S.L. test. This was so that the college could get an idea of their level of functioning (in the English language) and enroll them in classes, accordingly. This was very frustrating for them because they had been studying all summer and passed most sections of the test with the exception of the grammar part. Each day, they completed many English worksheets, used related computer programs, and attended live conversation practice. It was very interesting to hear of their struggles with our language and to learn about the specific areas giving them difficulty. Aside from talking with these students, I have little experience with this topic. I do know that many people come to the United States and must go to a SLP for help with intelligibility and accent training. During the MOO session on Wednesday, I started to narrow down this topic and I came up with the question, “What are some therapeutic methods used when working with clients acquiring English as a Second Language?” I would also like to find out how common it is for SLP’s to work with these clients because I already know there are certified TESL’s (Teachers of English as a Second Language). Right now, there are countless “unknowns” about this topic that I am looking forward to exploring in the near future.