Phase 2: Emerging

… as a real person in the new world

SPECIAL-GROWTH PARTICIPATION

  • Story Building with Pictures

  • 150 hours with your nurturer

  • 1200+ words gained

Lifestyle Participation Activities

  • Experience lots of public activities — on the streets, with technology, possibly in homes

  • Try to “emerge” to a few host people.

  • Look for host people you could interact with more in the next phase

By the End of the Phase

  • real but very limited connection with host people becomes possible

  • some host people catch glimpses of your personality

  • deep relationships are still not really possible

This phase can be a lot of fun. Your understanding of simple stories will grow a lot and you’ll start being able to speak more easily. Communication — and therefore building relationships — will still require a lot of effort and patience, but it’s possible. Keep going and challenge yourself especially when you’re in the lead in the Story-Building activities. This phase is also best done intensively (20-25 hours per week with your nurturer).

Phase Guide

The Phase 2 English guide is here. Other languages are here. Some of these guides have been adapted for the special challenges of growing participation in different host worlds.

Orientation

The activities and your times with your nurturer will be different in Phase 2. Use this orientation to talk about what you’ll be doing and how to do it.

Storybooks

It’s best to move from simple pictures to ones that tell complex stories. This list organizes some common books by difficulty and talks about when to move to more complex books. Here are some of those books that are out of print.

Materials

There are many wordless picture stories that are appropriate for Phase 2. Another important type of pictures are busy pictures and picture series that represent the steps in processes (like making tea or going to the doctor). These are used in Phase 2 and in later phases to give practice understanding and talking about complex, detailed stories. Here are some books and other materials (amazon.com) to get you started. Many of the books listed in the guide and document above are unfortunately out of print but can be found online. Your coach may be able to help you find others and provide ready made pages to use as for your Word Log.

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