Building Vocabulary for ELLs in the Pre-production and Early Production Stages

This is an ELL(English Language Learner) assignment

From your required reading and other sources, write a 500-750-word persuasive essay to your fellow teachers describing the benefits of strategies that encourage vocabulary development within the pre-production and early production stages of language acquisition. These strategies should transcend all content areas. Describe the Silent Period and how it affects vocabulary development. How could this be accounted for within your teaching?