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The SIOP Model
COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT
Content Objectives
We will:
• Discuss speech appropriate for students’
proficiency level.
• Explore techniques for presenting content
information in ways that students comprehend.
• Identify ways to provide clear directions for
academic tasks.
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Language Objectives
We will:
• Use the word “should” and defend our use of this
feature for various proficiency levels to discuss 3
ways of adapting teacher speech to increase student
comprehension.
• Use if-then statements to discuss the features of
Comprehensible Input.
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Comprehensible Input Features
Appropriate
Speech
Clear
Explanation
of Academic
Tasks
A Variety of
Techniques
Used
Comprehensible Input Features
Appropriate
Speech
Clear
Explanation
of Academic
Tasks
A Variety of
Techniques
Used
Speech Appropriate for Students’
Proficiency Levels
http://pdtoolkit.pearson.com/
Share out
Salvador
Jasmine
Michael
Use Appropriate Speech
(Adjust Teacher Talk)
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Face students
Enunciate clearly
Pause frequently
Paraphrase and repeat often
Avoid asides
Clarify pronouns
Point out cognates
Monitor rate of speech, vocabulary/idioms, and
sentence structure used
• Consider language proficiency of students
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Comprehensible Input Features
Appropriate
Speech
Clear
Explanation
of Academic
Tasks
A Variety of
Techniques
Used
Clear Explanation of Academic Tasks
Do your students understand how to do the
assigned work?
• With a partner, use your text to explore SIOP
techniques for giving instructions your ELs will
understand (MCC p.99- top of 101)
• Add ideas of your own
• Whole group share out
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Let’s Compare:
Teacher 1:
• Tells students to read the first 3 pages of their text to
themselves to be discussed when they have finished.
• Has students call out unfamiliar words as she writes
them on the board. Asks students to look up assigned
word in the glossary. She orally defines words not in the
glossary.
Teacher 2:
• Orally reviews step-by-step instructions projected on a
PowerPoint.
• Demonstrates instructions as he proceeds using a word
bank and solicits peer interaction.
Comprehensible Input Features
Appropriate
Speech
Clear
Explanation
of Academic
Tasks
A Variety of
Techniques
Used
Use a Variety of Techniques
Mrs. Amin
 What
is the lesson about?
 What techniques are used to make the lesson
understandable?
 What could make the lesson more comprehensible?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7AjmK77BWM
Grognet,Allene, Judith Jameson, et al. Enhancing English Language Learning in Elementary Classrooms.
Video. Washington D.C: Center for Applied Linguistics and Delta Publishing Company, 2000.
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‫‪Mrs. Amin‬‬
‫تقويت ‪,‬تغذيه = ‪Nutrition‬‬
‫سالم‌‪ ،‬تندرست‌‬
‫ناتندرست‌‪ ،‬ناسالم‌‪ ،‬ناخوش‌‪ ،‬ناخوشى‌ ‌اور‪‌ ،‬غير‬
‫= ‪Healthy‬‬
‫= ‪Unhealthy‬‬
‫سالم‌‪ ،‬بيمار‬
‫خور‌اک‌‪‌ ،‬غذ‌ا‪ ،‬قوت‌‪ ،‬طعام‌ = ‪Food‬‬
Teaching Techniques
How to Make Content Comprehensible
• Use gestures, body movements,
and facial expressions
• Use pantomime and
dramatization
• Use realia (real things), photos,
pictures, drawings, technology
• Model
• Breakdown complex tasks into
manageable steps
Technology tool - Wordsift
http://www.wordsift.com/
Comprehensible Input
 What did I learn? Write 3-5 ideas that were most
meaningful to you about making content
comprehensible on chart paper.
 Reflection and Feedback?
How does CI help the teacher? The students?
Use an if-then statement to give feedback.
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Sample SIOP Lesson Plan
Owning Comprehensible Input
Continue to write a lesson plan you can use including
the features of Comprehensible Input
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Speech appropriate for students’ proficiency
levels
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Clear explanation of academic tasks
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A variety of techniques used to make content
concepts clear
Content Objectives
How did we:
• Discuss speech appropriate for students’
proficiency level
• Explore techniques for presenting content
information in ways that students comprehend
• Identify ways to provide clear directions for
academic tasks
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Language Objectives
How did we:
• Use the word “should” and defend our use of this
feature for various proficiency levels to discuss 3
ways of adapting teacher speech to increase student
comprehension
• Use if-then statements to discuss the features of
Comprehensible Input
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