Jose Carlos's The Time Machine

Jose Carlos was administered an 11th grade level passage, “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells, to read aloud in English. It was apparent this passage is still advanced for his language level of fluency. He mispronounced many words such as: vague, inkling, Filby, Hastings, anachronisms, Plato, extravagant, theories, interest, communistic, and verifications. However, the student had no prior exposure to the proper names and other high tier vocabulary words. Jose Carlos conducted many pauses to sound out words and repeated phrases until they were articulated correctly. Although the passage was complex, he showed no level of frustration. Although there were many errors, he read at an acceptable rate. It was determined that his inaccuracies were based