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English Language Development — Grade 2

Goal 1. Listening — Intermediate Low

Goal 1. Listening

The learner will comprehend spoken English in a variety of personal, social, and academic contexts.

Level: Intermediate Low

Students will begin to use limited vocabulary to participate in discussions on familiar topics spoken at normal speed with periods of momentary silence. In addition, they may use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension. Learning objectives focus on identifying all upper and lowercase letters, distinguishing between short and long vowel sounds, beginning to produce word families, making simple statements, retelling stories and texts using some adjectives, identifying main idea and other elements of a story, identifying all parts of a book, making predictions, recognizing basic punctuation, paraphrasing, speaking in comprehensible English, correcting own writing, and following one-step and two-step directions.

Objective IL 1.01
Listen and respond to most questions on familiar topics, greetings, and phrases spoken distinctly at normal speed; requires occasional restatement.
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Objective IL 1.02
Understand and follow one-step and two-step familiar directions when spoken distinctly at a normal speed.
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Objective IL 1.03
Listen to familiar stories told or read and identify elements of a story following direct instruction.
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Objective IL 1.04
Demonstrate comprehension of main idea of an oral presentation following direct instruction.
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