Comprehensible+Input

Comprehensible Input  The Objectives of Comprehensible Input are: __ Content __ __ Language __
 *   Explore ways to present content information in ways that students understand.
 *   Review different ways to model and provide directions for academic tasks.
 *   Discuss ways that teacher speech can be adapted to increase student comprehension.




 *   The teacher takes into account the unique characteristics of ELLs.
 *   Teacher makes verbal communication more understandable by consciously attending to students’ linguistic needs.
 *   Basically, making the message understandable for students.
 *   This component, and it’s features, makes SIOP Instruction different from “just good” instruction.

There are two important components of Comprehensible Input:   BICS-Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills   CALP-Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency  Speech Appropriate For Students’ Proficiency Levels Vocabulary levelComplexity of sentence structureUse of idioms <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">  Clear Explanation of Academic Tasks <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">  Video Clips > <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">In order to help understand Comprehensible Input, we asked you to kinesthetically represent a Content topic:
 * <span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">takes 2-3 years to develop social language
 * <span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">takes 5-7 years to develop academic language.
 * <span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">What you say (complexity of speech):
 * <span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">How you say it (rate and enunciation):
 * <span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">ELLs at all levels perform better when the teacher gives clear instructions for assignments and activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Using the DVD that came with your book, see Chapter 4, Module 1 for more information about Comprehensible Input.