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The Four by Four Focus http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/4x4focus.htmLevels of Language Proficiency and Language Component Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D. San Diego State UniversityThe following is a description of effective teaching and learning activities for English language development for each of four levels of language proficiency. The focus of instruction on listening, speaking, reading and writing will shift as the students' language proficiency grows.Level 1 Strategies & ActivitiesLevel 1 Listening/Speaking Activities Total Physical Response (TPR) with basic commands TPR with pictures, forced choice or individual selection response to commands or questions Read stories aloud with picture clues Complete cartoon strip dialogues Listening to a story in English and retell a partner in LI Matching pictures with words Sorting and/or classifying objects and pictures Word sorts based on phonics or concepts Naming characters from stories or pictures Associate sentences to pictures Writing numbers from dictation Drawing objects from discussion Finding points on a map from oral directions Guessing names of objects from oral descriptors Labeling common objects or familiar objects in a picture or photograph Following a set of directions Reading aloud to complete a task, recipe, or art project Plotting points on a