What is an ELL?
Stage 2:
A person who is learning the
English language in addition
to his/her native language.
4 Stages of
Development
You must know and
understand the 4 Stages of a
Second Language listed!
What is this?
Early Production
ENGLISH
This brochure will provide
information for different
facts and strategies for
 Limited
comprehension
LANGUAGE
LEARNERS
teachers and parents to  Students develop
implement within in the receptive and active
classroom and home vocabulary of about
1000 words
environment.
 Students can speak in By: Mazie Stiles
one or two -word
phrases
Stage 1:
Stage 3:
Pre-Production
 Minimal comprehension
Speech Emergence
 Up to 500 vocabulary  Fair to good
words – however minimal comprehension
speaking  Vocabulary of about 3000
 Students respond well to words
pictures, visuals, and  Communicate with simple
repetition. phrases and sentences
Stage 4:
Intermediate Fluency
 Good comprehension
 Developed a vocabulary
of about 6000 words
 Asks questions to
clarify what they are
learning in class
1. Know Your
Learners
Teachers should learn basic
information about their
students’ families,
languages, cultures, and
educational backgrounds.
Teachers should also learn
basic information about
their students’ families,
languages, cultures, and
educational backgrounds.
4. Adapt Lesson Delivery as Needed
Teachers need to continually assess as they
2. Create Conditions
for Language
Learning
Teachers create the classroom
culture for students to feel
comfortable. They make
decisions regarding the
physical environment, the
materials, and the social
integration of students to
promote language learning.
Teachers need to engage their
learners and motivate them to
work persistently at learning
the new language.
3. Design High Quality
Lessons for Language
Development
Teachers plan meaningful lessons
that promote language learning and
help students develop learning
strategies and critical thinking
skills. Comprehensible input is of
primary importance for progress in
the target language. Whether oral
or written, comprehensible input
helps English learners understand
the meaning of communication.
Use simple directions with
patterned language that they repeat
each time.
teach, observing and reflecting on learners’
responses to determine whether the students
are reaching the learning objectives. If
students struggle or are not challenged
enough, teachers consider the possible
reasons and adjust their lessons.
6 PRINCIPLES
1. Know your learners.
2. Create conditions for language
learning.
3. Design high quality lessons for
language development.
4. Adapt lesson delivery as needed.
5. Monitor and assess student
language development.
6. Engage and collaborate within a
community of practice.
6. Engage and Collaborate
within a Community of
Practice
Teachers collaborate with others in
the profession to provide the best
support for their learners with
respect to programming,
instruction, and advocacy. Meet
with colleagues to co-plan and
share expertise about second
language acquisition as well as
instructional techniques
appropriate for students at
different levels of proficiency.
5. Monitor and Assess Student Resources
Language Development
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different rates, so teachers should
regularly monitor and assess their teachers/blog-posts/amanda-
language development. Some nehring/15-tips-working-
teachers record the results of their english-language-learners/
interactions in an anecdotal way,
using a check list, or change
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developing proficiency. Teachers
should reteach when errors
indicate that students
misunderstood or learned the
material incorrectly.