Pre-Production, This level, also known as the silent period, is the early stage of English language acquisition when receptive language is developing., Students develop comprehension when highly scaffolded instruction and linguistic support are provided., Student responses are mostly non-verbal., Beginning, This level is characterized by speech emergence (expressive language) using one word or two-to-three-word phrases., Students at this level require highly scaffolded instruction and linguistic support., Students at this level begin to consistently use present tense verbs and repeat keywords and familiar phrases when engaging in formal and informal interactions., Intermediate, This level is characterized by the ability to use receptive and expressive language with demonstrated literal comprehension., Students at this level need moderately scaffolded instruction and linguistic support., In this level, visual and linguistic support is needed to understand unfamiliar or abstract concepts such as figurative language, humor, and cultural or societal references., Students at this level begin to consistently use short phrases and simple sentences or ask short questions to demonstrate comprehension during formal and informal interactions., High Intermediate, Students at this level begin to consistently use a variety of sentence types, express opinions, share thoughts, and ask for clarification., Students at this level have an increased level of literal and abstract comprehension., Students may need minimal scaffolded instruction and linguistic support to engage in formal and informal classroom interactions., Advanced, This level is characterized by the ability of students to engage in formal and informal classroom interactions with little to no linguistic support, Students at this level engage in discourse using content-area vocabulary and a variety of grammatical structures with increasing accuracy.

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