How would you respond to a teacher who says: “Well, if I follow the SIOP Model and make sure my English learners are able to access content using these activities, techniques, and approaches, my on-level kids and native English speakers will be bored.”
Traditionally, English learners would be pulled out of mainstream classrooms and given sheltered forms of English instruction. However, the SIOP model eliminates this separation by combining multiple instructional components with teaching strategies to ensure the content and language needs of English learners are met as they learn alongside their native English-speaking peers. When teachers fully implement the SIOP Model, all English learners' academic performance improves. SIOP-based teaching benefits all students, not just those who are learning English as an additional language.
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