Phases 1-6
"Don't learn the language! Rather, discover a new world, as it is known and shared by the people among whom you are living."-- Greg Thompson
The Six-Phase Program
Created by: Greg and Angela Thompson
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.
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Phases |
Supercharged Activity |
Social Life |
Language Ability |
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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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Your Instructor
Bringing people together through language, culture, and compassion is my calling!
Education
B.A. Bible
Masters of Divinity
Masters in TESOL
Certificates:
*Certification in TESOL
*(Growing Participator Approach) Teacher Trainer Certification (80 hours)
*TOEFL Test Center Administrator Certification
*IELTS Marking Certification; IELTS Examiner Certification
Experience:
Public Speaking (25 years)
Teaching English as a second language (10+ years)
Academic Director at an adult ESL center
*Academic English *Business English *TOEFL prep. *IELTS prep. *Medical Engish *Legal English *on-line English courses *Private English classes
TOEFL test center administrator/ Proctor
IELTS invigilator; marking; examiner
Languages Studied:
English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Course Curriculum
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PreviewPhase 1A & B Graphics pack & Lexicary Strips
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (English)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (Arabic)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (French)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (Deutsche)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (Spanish)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (Portuguese)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (Turkish)
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PreviewPhase 1A (Urdu)
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PreviewPhase 1A & B (Chinese)