CELDT+2

**__3 months – 1 year__**
 * __Early Intermediate:__**
 * Speaks simple sentences (limited to simple present and past tense)
 * Responds to an open-ended question
 * Retells events (from personal experience or in stories)
 * Reads basic vocabulary
 * May read simply sentences
 * Frequent grammatical errors in speech (confuses he/she, him/her; infrequent use of irregular verbs)
 * Most students who take up to a year to move out of this stage is due in large part to the lack of literacy in the home or some sort of emotional trauma related to refugee circumstances.
 * One way in which to help the student grasp the vocabulary and grammatical aspects which they are struggling with is to do direct instruction of key vocabulary in stories and content area lessons.