... appear to cause trouble for second -language learners. In doing this, teachers must takeinto account the learner’s level of second -language acquisition, so as not to teach forms thatare too difficult, ... acquisition of specific L2features, for instance, simple versus complex forms.DEVELOPING ENGLISH PROFICIENCYIN THE CONTEXT OF TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS TO READLearning to read is ... relationships between components of oral language proficiency and components of literacy. Clearly, there is a relationship between second language oral proficiency and second language literacy. Questions...