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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
118 | Speaking
1.0 Children use nonverbal and verbal strategies to communicate
with others.
Focus: Utterance length and complexity
Beginning Middle Later
1.4 Use a range of utterance
lengths in the
home language that
is age-appropriate (as
reported by parents,
teachers, assistants,
or others, with the
assistance of an interpreter
if necessary).
Examples
• Communicates in Hmong,
“I like to go to the park to play
on the slide and the swings.”
• Communicates in Tagalog, “We
went to the shops with grandfather
and we bought a cake. We
had grandfather’s birthday and
there were lots of people.”
1.4 Use two- and threeword
utterances
in English to
communicate.
Examples
• Communicates, “Me book,”
when she wants a particular
book.
• Communicates, “No touch,”
when he does not want
anyone to touch his toy.
• Communicates, “I want juice”
or “I want crackers” or “I want
apples” during snack time.
• Communicates, “I do letter A,”
while writing with markers at a
table with other children.
1.4 Increase utterance
length in English by
adding appropriate
possessive pronouns
(e.g., his, her); conjunctions
(e.g., and,
or); or other elements
(e.g., adjectives,
adverbs).
Examples
• Communicates, “I give it to
her” or “I like the little one
better,” while pointing to different
props in the dramatic
play area.
• Communicates, “My dog got
hurt. So I take him to the doctor,”
while in the dramatic play
area.
• Communicates, “I went to the
park and had fun!”
Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1 • California Department of Education