Early Production
Define: The individual begins to speak using short words and sentences, but the emphasis is still on listening and absorbing the new language. There will be many errors in the early production stage.
Strategies:
- Continue the strategies for Pre-Production, but add opportunities for students to produce simple language.
- Ask students to point to pictures and say the new word.
- Ask yes/no and either/or questions.
- Have students work in pairs or small groups to discuss a problem. Have literate students write short sentences or words in graphic organizers.
- Model a phrase and have the student repeat it and add modifications. Teacher says, "This book is very interesting." The student repeats it and says, "This book is very boring." Continue with as many modifications as possible.
- Avoid excessive error correction. Reinforce learning by modeling correct usage.
Information taken from: http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-acquisition-overview