Comprehensible Instruction
These help students understand content and language, like pictures, gestures, and graphic organizers.
What are comprehensible instruction tools?
Showing a word with a picture or symbol helps students understand it.
What is using visuals?
Working with classmates to practice language and content is called this.
What is cooperative learning?
Showing students pictures, gestures, or videos to help them understand the lesson.
What is using visuals or multimodal supports?
Asking students to show understanding in many ways, like drawing or pointing, is called this.
What is formative assessment?
Teachers give these before a lesson to teach important words students will see in the text.
What are key words or pre-teaching vocabulary?
Students review words they already learned to remember them.
What is repetition or recycling vocabulary?
Asking a student “Do you understand?” or “What do we do next?” is an example of this.
What is checking for comprehension?
Having students repeat or practice words and phrases multiple times.
What is repetition or recycling language?
When teachers observe and take notes on student participation, they are doing this type of assessment.
What is informal assessment?
Repeating or practicing vocabulary or concepts in different ways is called this.
What is recycling and rehearsal?
These are words that students should NOT use with beginners, like “spill the tea” or “hit the books.”
What are idioms or figurative language?
Group structures like Think-Pair-Share or Jigsaw help ELLs do this.
What is practicing language and content collaboratively?
Breaking instructions into small, clear steps like “Do questions 1–3 first.”
What is giving clear instructions?
Aligning lessons so that ELLs learn both content and English at the same time is called this.
What is integrated content and language instruction?
Using short, simple sentences and clear steps like “Do questions 1 to 6” is an example of this.
What is giving clear instructions?
Writing words in this way helps students read them clearly.
What is printing instead of cursive?
These should be considered when grouping students because ELLs have different language levels.
What are heterogeneous groups?
Giving students extra help, hints, or support so they can complete a task successfully while still learning English.
What is scaffolding?
Having students show understanding by pointing, drawing, or moving instead of just writing or speaking.
What is hands-on demonstration?
Facial expressions, hand gestures, and body language are examples of these types of cues.
What are non-verbal cues?
Introducing words before the lesson helps students understand content and also the __________.
What is language of instruction?
Using a student’s first language to support learning English is called this.
What is strategic use of L1?
Changing the lesson or activity so all students, no matter their English level, can participate and succeed.
What is differentiation?
Giving students a chance to check their own work and think about what they did well or need to improve.
What is self-assessment?