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-Students at this level may have difficulty with comprehension and communication.

Teachers can support these students by:
-Allowing them to respond in conversation by nodding, clapping, or using movement
-Using pictures or objects as a visual learning tool for students
-Using music and movement in the classroom

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-Typically respond in one to two word phrases
-Can comprehend only limited amounts

Teachers can support these students by:
-Asking students yes or no questions
-Provide rich listening opportunities for these students
-Use books with predicable and patterned language

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- Have developed a vocabulary of about 3000 words
- Can communicate with simple phrases and sentences.
- Will understand easy stories with pictures.

Teachers can support these students by:
- Reading short, modified texts in content area subjects.
- Asking open-ended questions.
- Using patterned and predictable books.

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Students in the Intermediate Fluency Stage:

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Students in the Intermediate Fluency Stage:

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- Have a vocabulary of 6000 words.
- Are beginning to use more complex sentences when speaking and writing.
- Have excellent comprehension.
- Can speak and write with few grammatical errors.

Teachers can support these students by:
- Focusing on learning strategies.
- Providing structured group discussions.
- Asking students to create narratives.
- Provide for a variety of realistic writing opportunities.
- Publishing student writing.

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- Have almost become native speakers of the language

Teachers can support these students by:
-Continuing to hold students to high expectations and by pushing them through their content areas
-Modeling proficient English

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How to support your English Learners in Writing Workshop 

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How to support your English Learners in Writing Workshop 

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What’s The Best Age To Learn A Second Language?

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Bilingual Education: 5 Reasons it should be Required

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Spread the loveBy Matthew Lynch This generation of K-12 students is growing up in a society that is increasingly bilingual. While foreign language requirements have long been a core requirement for high school graduation-second language classes at an earlier age would improve overall fluency for most students.

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How to support your English Learners in Reading Workshop

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How to support your English Learners in Reading Workshop

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The benefits of a bilingual brain - Mia Nacamulli

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Teachers can create an environment that supports and affirms the native language of their students. Here are some suggestions:

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Teachers can create an environment that supports and affirms the native language of their students. Here are some suggestions:

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-use literature in student's native language.
-learn some key words in the student's native language.
-create/find audio recordings of things such as greetings, songs, stories and simple conversations
-use multi literate print in the classroom.

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Second Language Acquisition Theory - Explained Stage-by-stage

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What does the second language acquisition theory say? How does one acquire a second language? Find all your answers here.

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•Effective communication requires so much more than just being able to translate vocabulary words — it requires knowledge of intonation, dialect, and intent, and a nuanced understanding of word use, expression, and a language's cultural context.
•The time it takes to learn a new language depends on the individual. It also depends on the individual strength in their first language.

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Can be done through:
-Using the Frayer model (definition, synonyms (examples), antonyms (non-examples), picture/sentence, act out the word)
-Word Wall
-Word Flashcards
-Picture cue cards that match words
-Word banks on assessments
-Word Work Sorts
-Choral reading -fluency practice