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The Five Stages of Second Language Acquisition, 5 stages of second…
The Five Stages of Second Language Acquisition
Classroom instruction that works with English language learners.
It will definitely benefit out English language learners if all of us teach not only content, but also the academic language of the content.
Another reason that is important for everybody to understand the stages of second language acquisition is because of the zone of proximal development.
Zone of proximal development
The difference between what a student can do without help and what a student can do with help.
5 stages of second language acquisition
STAGE 1- Preproduction
Does not verbalize
Nods “yes” and “no”
Has minimal comprehension
Draws and points
STAGE 2- EARLY PRODUCTION
Produces one or two-word responses
Uses key words and familiar phrases
Has limited comprehension
Uses present-tense verbs
STAGE 3- SPEECH EMERGENCE
Has good comprehension
Can produce simple sentences
Makes grammatical and pronunciation errors
Frequently misunderstands jokes
STAGE 4- INTERMEDIATE FLUENCY
Has excellent comprehension
Makes few grammatical errors
STAGE 5- ADVANCED FLUENCY
The student has a near-native level of speech