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Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition)

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The book is a response by American educators to an increasingly diverse student population, at the primary and secondary school levels. This diversity is reflected in no small part by the many students for whom English is a second language.

The pedagogy described here is called the SIOP Model. It tries to teach students how to master academic English (ie. formal written English). But also to do this while learning a more informal spoken English. Both skills are necessary. Whereas perhaps traditionally only the former was emphasised, since it was assumed that students already had English as their primary language.

Without going into the details of SIOP, it seems characterised by an intensive interweaving of different modalities of teaching. Like having students learn written text [of course]. But also tying this into rich graphics. So that visual and written forms reinforce each other in the student's mind. Also, students are encouraged to use deductive skills to analyse a body of text, as independently of the teacher as possible.

Mak[[ASIN:0205518869 Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) (SIOP Series)] is a "must read" for all ESOL educators in today's world of high stakes testing. The SIOP model described in this book is based on research of the best practices of sheltered ESOL and regular teachers. These "best practices" are combined in a format for teachers to use in planning and executing content area lessons that will also promote English language development. Since our ESOL students are expected to pass content area tests to receive a high school diploma in four years, it is imperative that we begin teaching them content in a structured way while they learn the English language. I've been to several conferences and workshops telling about the SIOP model, but this book has helped me to truly understand it and has inspired me to use the SIOP model in my content ESOL classes in the coming school year. If you only have a limited budget for professional resources, make this book your number 1 choice. Get your faculty together and use it as professional development tool to ensure that your ESOL students are receiving the best instruction possible to eqip them for education in American schools.

This is a great teaching book. I rarely write reviews but had to make an exception for this book. It is written in a clear style and includes a CD for the computer where you can see good teaching examples. It compares great teaching lessons to poor teaching lessons on the same topic from 1st grade through high school.
I have been teaching for a number of years but this book has greatly improved my teaching skills. It focuses on teaching ESL students from 1st grade through high school, emphasizing oral interaction, but the lessons are just good examples of teaching for the general classroom at any level. I highly recommend it - period!

Any teacher with struggling students (ELLs or not) can benefit from this book. It gives explicit instructions that are so useful!

This is an excellent book! It is packed with ideas on how to help English Language Learners excel in the mainstream classroom. I think the strategies in this book would be effective for all the students in the classroom not just ELL's!

A great book for practical application in and out of the classroom. Very clear explanations of sheltered instruction approach for teaching English learners. Not just for teachers of ELs; content area teachers will benefit as well. Text includes scenarios and examples of method being used,as well as sample forms for lesson plans and evaluations.Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) (SIOP Series)

Book was spot on as described and arrived swiftly. I really like that the book came with a CD in it. It was just like the description on the add.

This book was required for one of my teaching English language learners class this summer but I have found it and a companion book, "99 Ideas and Activities for teaching English Language Learners....", very helpful in other classes. These books aided me in creating lesson plans for my other education subject courses.

This book is definitely an asset to any teacher's library because this book is very well written and lays everything out at your fingertips. I have enjoyed reading and learning about the SIOP model and plan to implement this model in my foreign language classroom. The book is easy to follow.

I bought a used copy from my college bookstore and also bought it new here. I had not known if this would arrive soon enough so I wanted to be covered as there was no leniency with my professor. However, it arrived way before promised so I was able to use it for the first assignment I needed it for. The used copy I had purchased at the school had an annoying sticky place on the book I had not noticed so when this one showed up, perfect and usable, it was such a relief I could return the irritating used one to the school bookstore. Thanks for being so great. I will be looking your way again!