Level+2

__Early intermediate__ stage: can have a duration of 3 months to a year *Fast acquisition usually due to a caring social environment *Slow acquisition usually due to lack of reading materials at home or emotional trauma

Reading/Language Arts Domains:
__Student behaviors__ __Teaching Strategies:__
 * 1) Listening :
 * 2) follows spoken directions (demonstration not needed)
 * 3) answers open ended questions (How are you? What are you doing?)
 * 4) uses hand signals to indicate understanding
 * 5) Speaking :
 * 6) simple sentences (limited to simple, present, & past tense)
 * 7) retells events (personal experiences or stories they have been told/read)
 * 8) Grammatical errors: gender, irregular verbs
 * 9) Reading :
 * 10) basic vocabulary
 * 11) simple sentences
 * 12) picture books
 * 13) pattern books
 * 14) Writing :
 * 15) copy words and/or simple sentences
 * 16) label drawings
 * 1) Listening
 * 2) write directions on charts
 * 3) ask students to model written directions
 * 4) hand signals to check understanding
 * 5) Speaking :
 * 6) ask open ended questions
 * 7) model appropriate speech
 * 8) interactive word games
 * 9) Reading :
 * 10) provide buddy (or cross-age) readers
 * 11) provide picture and pattern books
 * 12) charted songs, poems and stories
 * 13) repeated reading
 * 14) make big books
 * 15) teach vocabulary with visual/models
 * 16) conduct word sorting
 * 17) Writing :
 * 18) interactive journal writing
 * 19) encourage invented spelling
 * 20) Language Experience Approach