The Five Stages of Second Language Acquisition

The Five Stages of Second Language Acquisition

the Five Stages of Second Language Acquisition

Is a theory that describes the process of acquiring a second language in five stages.

first stage

Limited vocabulary

Pre- production

Basic level

Gestures

second stage

Short and simple sentences

early- production

Often make grammatical errors

Difficulties in constructing complex sentences.

third stage

Speake more fluently

intermediate production

Cronstruct more complex sentences

Make grammatical and linguistic errors

foURTH stage

Fluency

ADVANCEDproduction

Occasional mistakes

Not have a vocabulary as a native speaker.

fifht stage

Native level

expert production

Fluency

Undertsand all the grammatical complexities