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)
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Activities that involve understanding and responding by actions (TPR)
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Little interaction with host people is possible
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Ability to understand speech about what we see before us, and the bare beginnings of talking ability
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Story-Building Phase
(150 hours) |
Communicating around wordless picture stories
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Some interaction possible
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Ability to talk about the “here-and-now” and to understand simple stories
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Shared-Story Phase(250 hours) |
Communicating around familiar stories
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Able to start developing meaningful relationships with a number of people
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Ability to understand complex stories and simple explanations, and to tell simple stories
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Deep-Life Sharing Phase(500 hours) |
Interviewing people in depth about host life
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Able to develop deep relationships
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Ability to understand complex explanations, to tell rich stories and give simple explanations
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Native
To Native Discourse Phase
(500 hours)
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Communication around lengthy sound-recordings of host people talking to one another
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Able to belong to host groups as a true participant in the life of those groups
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Ability to understand most of what you hear, and give complex explanations
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Self-Sustaining Growth Phase(Indefinitely) |
Full participation in the life of host individuals and groups dominates the life of the growing participator
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Near native
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Fit in as a proper participant in host life
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Print Phase 1A: Introduction (English)
Print Phase 1A: Lesson Plans (English)
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Phase 1A (Quizlet links) Join the Class Here!
Phase 1A graphics pack #2
LexicaryFeelings 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)
Print Phase 2: Orientation (English)
Print Phase 2: Lesson Plans (English)
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