But they are also very sensitive to exaggerated or artificial praise. Thus, set minimum standards for your objectives and expectations, based on what the students can achieve and not necessarily on what they should accomplish for their level. In this way, goals can be reached at every stage, and positive feedback will come naturally. Their weakest skills are generally writing and reading. That is why, for example, hyperactive or attention-deficit students tend to disturb the class and misbehave whenever these skills are emphasized.
Many slow learners show difficulties in perception.
They tend to ignore details and go for overall comprehension and production. They do not notice, for instance, the apostrophe or the plural forms when reading. In the same way, some may omit forms of speech when writing or speaking. Since many of these problems are also present in their L1 use, we cannot expect a lot of drilling to help very much. Experience has taught me that these students enjoy classes which demand more active participation in speaking.