Comprehensive Input

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, watch Component 3: Comprehensible Input. This video provides a great example of how a teacher utilizes Krashens ideas of comprehensible input into a lesson.

According to Krashens input hypothesis, comprehensible input suggests that students should be able to understand vocabulary, content, and all of what is being said or presented to them in the classroom. In order to make content comprehensible, the teacher must go beyond vocabulary and focus on the presentation of background and context, clarification and paraphrasing of unclear content, and the use of effective techniques such as graphic organizers, scaffolding, and frontloading. Additionally, comprehensible input allows teachers to implement Vygotskys zone of proximal development (ZPD) to ensure that students are reaching their full potential.

Think of a time when you had difficulty understanding a specific topic or skill while in school.

In your paper,

Explain what the teacher could have done to make it more understandable and comprehensible for you.
Summarize how it made you feel when that teacher did not respond to your need.
Describe how two of the following research-proven techniques that support ELLs could have been effective in helping you when you were a student:
use gestures, body language, pictures, and/or objects such as manipulatives
model and/or demonstrate the task
preview the vocabulary for the lesson
use a graphic organizer
use cooperative learning groups
have a peer tutor
make connections between the content and your prior knowledge and experiences
more student engagement and interaction with the teacher
Explain how you might use these strategies to support the ELLs that you serve in your classrooms.

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