Transcript What Is Comprehensible Input?

What Is Comprehensible
Input?
Presented by:
C.E. Hanna ELL-PDA Cohort II
Something to think about…
I’m
Trying…
Outcomes (Objectives)
Content Objectives (Outcome)
Explore techniques for presenting content
information in ways that students comprehend
Review various ways to model and provide
directions for academic tasks
• Language Objectives
Discuss modifications to teacher speech that can
increase student comprehension
Comprehensible Input
What does it mean?
 A conscious effort to make the lesson understandable
through a variety of means
 Appropriate speech for students’ proficiency levels
 Seeing and hearing words used repeatedly, preferably in
a variety of ways
 Clear explanation of academic tasks: step-by-step,
model, oral directions accompanied by written
Comprehensible Input
What does it NOT mean…
 Teachers must use only words students
understand. In fact, instruction can be
incomprehensible even when students know all
of the words.
 Simply showing pictures as visual clues
Comprehensible Input
Martin dining room front door over
main entrance partook ignited
flames sanguine faces rebel
Dean.
You have understanding of each word.
Perhaps background knowledge creates schema
connections.
But is this comprehensible input at the sentence level?
Word level?
Create an environment that facilitates
language learning
Students are actively
engaged
Interaction is emphasized
Concrete, hands-on
activities
Risk-taking is
encouraged
Techniques to Make Content
Concepts Clear
Use gestures, body language, pictures, and
objects to accompany speech.
Ex: When saying, “We’re going to learn about the three forms of water,”
the teacher holds up three fingers. One finger up for each form
along with realia: liquid, ice, steam.
• Simple gestures and visual aids help students organize and make
sense of information presented verbally.
• Scaffolding for language acquisition: slow rate of speech, pause
between phrases, wait time
“We can prepare them for the certainty
that they will not be able to find the
right word, that they will not be able to
understand everything, and we can
help insure that they will continue to
obtain comprehensible input.”
-Krashen