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During the speech emergence stage, students begin to construct simple sentences until theyacquire enough language to produce increasingly complex phrases. Transference of firstlanguage pronunciation will begin to subside although accent will continue to be an issue,especially for older learners. Students at this stage begin to use differing verb forms (past,present, future) and can engage in more lengthy conversations. However, teachers should expecta multitude of grammar rule overgeneralizations. For example, students will produce sentencessuch as:• “doesn’t can” instead of “can not”• “doesn’t goed” or “didn’t went” instead of “didn’t go”• “I have many money” instead of “I have a lot of money”• “He have little apples” instead of “He has a few apples”• “She are going to the store” instead of “She is going to the store.”All of these overgeneralizations indicate great progress on the part of the second languagestudent. The above examples demonstrate that the student has acquired rules for negatives, pasttense, future tense, and count and non-count nouns. The student requires more time and morecomprehensible input to sort out the grammar rules and begin to utilize them correctly.Length of StageAs with the prior two stages, students progress through this stage at varied times. The typicallyamount of time spent at this stage is 1-2 years.Teaching StrategiesTeaching strategies at stage 3 include Natural Approach, Sheltered Instruction in content areaclasses, cooperative grouping, drama, reading, writing, and Instructional Conversation. Todevelop better communicative competence as well as cultural awareness, it is beneficial to thesecond language learner to have ample contact and interaction with the target language group atthis stage.To encourage interaction between the second language students and the target culture, Tharpadvocates the use of Joint Production Activity. Tharp highlights the frequency with which jointactivities are used within families, communities and jobs to help children or novices learn byworking jointly on a project with more experienced others. However, in K-12 education, jointactivity is rarely practiced. A Joint Production Activity is an activity performed among mixedgroups: novice student--expert student groups; student--teacher groups; second language student--target language student groups; and expert community member--student groups. Such anactivity is designed to yield an end product that is meaningful to all who are involved inproducing it and includes all those involved in the planning. Joint Production Activities havemany advantages in the second language classroom:• they enhance opportunities for SLLs to acquire new vocabulary and communicativestrategies;• they assist second language students in learning new linguistic skills by interacting withexperts;• they increase the opportunity for SLLs to hear language used in meaningful conversationsand increase the opportunity for SLLs to test their own hypothesis of language usage and;• they help SLLs develop relationships within the target language culture which enhancefeelings of acceptance and understanding and help to eliminate social and psychologicaldistances.Assessment Techniques© 2008 Dr. Catherine CollierAll Rights Reserved100
Assessment techniques at stage 3 can include more written work, although the vocabulary shouldbe modified. Assessment techniques include:• Multiple choice and matching answers,• Short answer essay type questions incorporating “who,” “what,” “where,” “ when,” and“how” questions.• Continued reliance on high cognitive ability – low linguistic ability assessment such asperformance tasks.At this stage, teachers can expect exam answers to be grammatically incorrect with spelling andpunctuation mistakes. For example, a stage 3 answer to the question, “Was Columbus a goodgovernor?” would look something like this: “Columbus, he no good governor because he treatbad the Taino Indians. They no like he and he take theys money and make they slave.” Thestudent has the correct answer although the answer is riddled with grammar and spellingmistakes. At this stage, the teacher needs to be clear about the criteria he/she wishes to grade; theknowledge of the content area lesson or the English language. If knowledge is being graded, thenthe teacher should not mark down for spelling and grammar errors. If language is being graded,then it is appropriate to mark for spelling and grammar.Stage 4 Intermediate FluencyStudent CharacteristicsAt intermediate fluency the student can now manipulate the language to create original sentencesand engage in more complex conversations. The student should have a good grasp on differentverb forms (past, present, future, etc..) although grammatical mistakes are still quite common.The student is ready to acquire advanced writing skills and perfect his/her oral and reading skills.Length of StageThe student tends to stay in stage 4 longer than the other stages. This stage involves morecomplex language skills and the acquisition of advanced academic vocabulary should beemphasized. It is not unusual for a student to be at this stage for 2-3 years.Teaching StrategiesThe teacher should continue to provide the child with comprehensible input, both oral andwritten. At this stage it is beneficial for the child to spend a significant amount of time withtarget language peer models. Instruction should emphasize the teaching of academic languageusing sheltered techniques, the Natural Approach, Instructional Conversation and JointProduction Activities.Assessment TechniquesAssessment techniques are similar to those of stage 3 but can also include modified mainstreamexams that incorporate the more advanced “why” questions. These exams should use wordingthat is straight forward with no slang or idiomatic expressions. The teacher should be aware thatgrammar and spelling mistakes are still common at this stage.Affective Filter HypothesisKrashen claims that all people possess a “filter” which moves into one of two positions, low orhigh. A low position allows language to enter the person’s LAD and be acquired. A highposition prohibits language from entering the LAD thereby restricting acquisition. A lowaffective filter exists when the student feels comfortable and non-threatened in the learningenvironment. A high affective filter exists when a person is too pressured by outside factors torelax and allow the acquisition process to occur. Outside factors include a stressful learning© 2008 Dr. Catherine CollierAll Rights Reserved101
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