ESL Connexus: Language Resources

The Six-Phase Program

Created by: Greg and Angela Thompson

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The Six-Phase Program is just one way of realizing the Growing Participator Approach in practice. The phases are based on the nature of the supercharged participation activities, which keep changing as the growing participators' abilities change until they reach the stage where healthy growth continues without the aid of special activities-Phase 6-which goes on for the duration of their life among the particular host people. Although the phases are defined primarily in terms of the special growth activities, they are also characterized in terms of the development of life among host people in general.

Phases	Supercharged Activity	Social Life	Language Ability
Here-and-Now Phase (100 hours)	Activities that involve understanding and responding by actions (TPR)	Little interaction with host people is possible	Ability to understand speech about what we see before us, and the bare beginnings of talking ability
Story-Building Phase (150 hours)	Communicating around wordless picture stories	Some interaction possible	Ability to talk about the “here-and-now” and to understand simple stories
Shared-Story Phase (250 hours)	Communicating around familiar stories	Able to start developing meaningful relationships with a number of people	Ability to understand complex stories and simple explanations, and to tell simple stories
Deep-Life Sharing Phase (500 hours)	Interviewing people in depth about host life	Able to develop deep relationships	Ability to understand complex explanations, to tell rich stories and give simple explanations
Native To Native Discourse Phase (500 hours)	Communication around lengthy sound-recordings of host people talking to one another	Able to belong to host groups as a true participant in the life of those groups	Ability to understand most of what you hear, and give complex explanations
Self-Sustaining Growth Phase (Indefinitely)	Full participation in the life of host individuals and groups dominates the life of the growing participator	Near native	Fit in as a proper participant in host life

Print Phase 1A: Introduction (English)

Print Phase 1A: Lesson Plans (English)

Arabic Spanish Deutch French Portugees Turkish Urdu Qazak Korean Chinese

Phase 1A (Quizlet links) Join the Class Here!

Phase 1A graphics pack #2

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Feelings graphics
Example video of TPR (Total Physical Response)
Example video of Dirty Dozen
Example video of Point To Game
Example video of Point and Say Game

Print Phase 1B: Introduction (English)

Print Phase 1B: Lesson Plans (English)

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Phase 1B graphics pack #1

Print Phase 2: Orientation (English)

Print Phase 2: Lesson Plans (English)

Phase 2A: (50 hours) Work on creating your own story from a wordless picture book. The coach should help negotiate the meaning of words and situations in the picture book. Once the coach and learner negotiate an acceptable meaning, the coach should record the story for future review. Example: See playlist "Frog On His Own" Phase 2B: (50 hours) The coach tells his/her own story from a selected wordless picture book. The learner records new words for feature review. Example playlist "Achoo!" (Arabic) Example video of a description of a park scene Phase 2C: (50 hours) The learner draws stick figures and pictures to represent personal stories. Meanings of words and situations are negotiated with the coach. The coach makes a final recording of the story for review.