List and Describe the Five Stages in English Language Proficiency

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Essay

List and describe the five stages in English Language Proficiency. How is this knowledge important when teaching English Language Learners?

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Definitions:

W.E.B. Du Bois

An influential African-American sociologist, historian, and civil rights activist known for his leadership in the Niagara Movement and co-founding the NAACP.

Progressive

Relating to or advocating progress, change, or reform, especially in social or political matters.

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 was the first federal law in the United States to restrict the employment of children, prohibiting the interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under certain ages.

Separate But Equal

A legal doctrine that justified and permitted racial segregation, claiming that services could be separate by race as long as they were equal in quality.