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Education / Pedagogy / Education | | English term or phrase: sheltering instruction | What ELL experts say about sheltering instruction
English language learners benefit when teachers shelter, or make comprehensible their literacy instruction. |
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18 hrs confidence:  Instrucción en lengua y contenido
Explanation:
Sheltered instruction is an approach to teaching English language learners which integrates language and content instruction.
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Note added at 18 hrs (2009-02-09 10:05:25 GMT)
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encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sheltered+instruction
Example sentence(s):- The use of sheltered instruction is effective when the teacher is capable of administering the lessons affectively.
| andrea_n
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| Reference: Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, by Colin Baker, 2006 page 220
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"specially designed academic instruction in English...where (US) minority students are taught the curriculum with a simplified vocabulary, ... purpose-made materials, ...such as visual aids and hands-on experiences... so that learning makes sense, but only through the medium of English".
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-08 17:05:57 GMT)
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This is his definition of "Sheltered English" or "Sheltered Content Instruction".
| Jessica Noyes
United States
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Native speaker of:  English
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