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Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP^® Model

3rd Edition

Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short

Published by Allyn & Bacon

This widely used publication presents the 8 components and 30 features of the SIOP Model* and includes teaching scenarios that illustrate different levels of implementation of each component. In addition, the authors discuss research on the SIOP Model, the effective use of the observation protocol, and issues of reading development and special education among English learners. Designed for educators at all grade levels, the third edition includes a CD-ROM with video clips of SIOP instruction, interviews of the authors and educators implementing the model, lesson plan formats, and answers to frequently asked questions. 2007

Versions now available for elementary and secondary educators

Two new versions of this book, geared toward the specific needs of elementary and secondary teachers, are now available.

Making Content Comprehensible for Elementary English Learners: The SIOP^®Model

Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short

Published by Allyn & Bacon

Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary English Learners: The SIOP^® Model

Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short

Published by Allyn & Bacon

These new publications open with an introductory chapter that provides an overview of issues in the education of English learners. Each chapter that follows discusses one research-based component of the SIOP Model of instruction and gives explicit guidance on how to implement the component in elementary or secondary classrooms. Each chapter also includes vignettes of three teachers implementing the SIOP Model to varying degrees. Readers have the opportunity to analyze the instruction and rate the lessons. The authors provide their own analysis and discussion of each lesson as well. The text addresses struggling readers and students with learning disabilities and provides guidance for use of the observation protocol. The protocol forms are provided in an appendix as are lesson plan templates. 2010

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*The SIOP Model was developed by researchers at California State University, Long Beach (Jana Echevarria and Mary Ellen Vogt), and the Center for Applied Linguistics (Deborah J. Short) under the auspices of the Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE), a national research center funded by the U.S. Department of Education from 1996 through 2003. Learn more.