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SIOP. Second Language Acquisition. How long does it take most students to achieve conversational fluency? 1.5 years. How long does it take most students to achieve academic language proficiency?. 5-7 years. and many will take longer. BICS and CALP. WHAT do they stand for?.
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Second Language Acquisition • How long does it take most students to achieve conversational fluency? 1.5 years
How long does it take most students to achieve academic language proficiency? 5-7 years and many will take longer
BICS and CALP • WHAT do they stand for? CALP : Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency BICS : Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
Think of a student that you can converse with, but when you ask them to perform an academic task they are unable to complete it.
QUESTIONS • Think of a time when BICS is important and necessary. • When is CALP necessary? • Is one more important than the other?
WHAT is SIOP?? • Sheltered Instruction is a means for making content comprehensible for English learners while they are developing English skills.
Remember 8:30 • SIOP has 8 components with 30 features… The good news many of the components and features are already a part of your practice.
Lesson Preparation • Content Objectives* • Language Objectives* • Content concepts • Supplementary materials • Adaptation of content • Meaningful activities
Concepts explicitly linked to students’ background experiences * Links explicitly made between past learning and new concepts* Key Vocabulary emphasized* Building Background
Opportunities for students to use learning strategies Scaffolding techniques consistently used A variety of questions or tasks that promote higher-order thinking skills Strategies
Review of key vocabulary and key content concepts Regular feedback provided Assessment of student comprehension and learning of all objectives Review and Assessment
Speech appropriate for students’ proficiency levels Clear explanation of academic tasks A variety of techniques used to make content concepts clear Comprehensible Input
Frequent opportunities for interaction and discussion Grouping configurations support COs and LOs Sufficient wait time Opportunities for students to clarify key concepts in L1 Interaction
Hands on materials and or manipulatives Activities for students to apply content and language knowledge Activities integrate all language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) Practice and Application
Content and Language objectives supported by lesson delivery Students engaged 90-100% of the time Appropriate pacing Lesson Delivery
Overview of our SIOP implementation • SIOP Overview / Math Connect 12/3 • SIOP Strategies – reading 1/7 • SIOP Strategies – vocabulary 1/21 • SIOP Review and Assessment 2/4
In it to win it! Discuss your answer with your partner and write you answer on the white board. I will give you a description of a feature of SIOP, you write what component the feature is under.
Clear explanation of academic tasks • Comprehensible input
Key vocabulary emphasized Building Background
Students Engaged 90-100% of the time Lesson Delivery
Regular feedback provided to students Review and Assessment
A variety of questions or tasks that promote higher-order thinking Strategies
Adaptation of content to all levels of student proficiency Lesson Preparation
Scaffolding techniques used Strategies
Grouping configurations support language and content objectives Interaction
Pacing of the lesson is appropriate to students ability levels Lesson Delievery
Activities integrate all language skills Practice and Application