English Language Learners

Question 0

Describe Student behaviors Early Production ELL.

Answer 0

• Uses single words: yes, no, go.
• Short phrases
• Common expressions
• Confidence increasing

Question 1

Describe Student behaviors in Preproduction ELL

Answer 1

• Silent Period
• Beginning to comprehend messages
• Familiarization of sound, i.e., sound, rhythms & intonations.

Question 2

Describe Student behaviors Speech Emergence ELL.

Answer 2

• Gradual expansion of vocabulary & grammer.
• Produces longer phrases.
• Acquiring communicative competence.

Question 3

Describe Student behaviors Intermediate Fluency ELL.

Answer 3

• Apparently fluent
• Completes sentences
• Extensive vocabulary
• Correctness level improves

Question 4

Teacher strategy Preproduction:

Answer 4

* Natural Language Approach (NLA) 
Student speaks, teacher writes. 
* Total Physical Response
Gestures, expressions. 
Questioning Techniques: Ask yes/no questions, gestures, comprehensible input.

Question 5

Teacher strategy Early Production:

Answer 5

• Ask either/or questions.
• Sentence completion.
• Lists
• Comprehensible input.

Question 6

Teacher strategy Speech Emergence:

Answer 6

• Language Experience Approach (LEA)
• SDAIE
• writing process
  Questioning techniques: ask questions that: compare, describe, sequence.
  Comprehensible input.

Question 7

Teacher strategy Intermediate Fluency:

Answer 7

• Directed Reading Thinking Activities (DRTA)
  Questioning technique: questions that require critical thinking skills.
  Comprehensible input.

Question 8

Natural Order Hypothesis:

Answer 8

Language acquisition occurs on predictable, universal order, and it is the same for learning both L1 and L 2. Studies show learners make similar errors regardless of background, similar to errors most children make when learning their native language. However, very few studies have been done, and few grammatical errors have been analyzed.