EIS+Comprehensible+Input

What is Comprehensible Input (CI)?
Comprehensible Input (CI) is the instruction of new language to our learners that builds on prior knowledge (using previously learned material, cognates, visuals, etc) but takes the learner just a little beyond his/her current comfortable level of functioning. Well-designed comprehensible input is always contextualized, occurs //in the target language,// leads students towards increasing capacity to carry out a functional objective//,// and incorporates checks for understanding and a variety of strategies purposefully chosen to meet the students' diverse needs as learners.

Resources
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 * Name of Resouce:** TPRS methodology
 * Where to find it:** http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/FAQ/FAQ-TPR.html
 * Description:** Explains TPR-Storytelling (as comprehensible input)
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz

Name of Resouce:** Gagné's Nine Events of Instruction
 * Where to find it:** http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/gagnesevents/index.htm
 * Description:** Very brief article outlining the Nine Events and providing a cooking example to show how the events are applied to teach a skill. The Nine Events are used as a lesson planning template for designing new instruction that is very similar to the Effective Instructional Sequence outlined in this seminar.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz


 * Name of Resource:** Comprehensible Input in the English Learner Classroom
 * Where to find it:** http://www.teachervision.fen.com/learning-disabilities/bilingual-education/10260.html
 * Description:** Talks about the importance of CI for English Learners. Information presented is applicable/transferable to the world language classroom.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz


 * Name of Resouce:** CI in action
 * Where to find it:** http://www.learner.org/channel/libraries/tfl/video/video_organizer_04.html
 * Description:** Videos of teachers using a variety of CI strategies (free registration required to view video clips).
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz


 * Name of Resouce:** Learning styles and CI
 * Where to find it:** [|www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/FLAnnals.pdf]
 * Description:** Article from the Foreign Language Annals describing learning styles and applying learning styles theory to world language lesson design.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz

Name of Resouce:** Using brain research to guide CI
 * Where to find it:** http://www.teresakennedy.com/default.htm
 * Description:** Web site with resources dedicated to language study and the brain.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz


 * Name of Resouce:** Graphic organizers and CI
 * Where to find it:** http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_go.html
 * Description:** Online article that both explains and provides examples of graphic organizers.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz



Name of Resouce:** Graphic organizers online
 * Where to find it:** http://www.flagsteacher.com/for%20all%20languages%20teachers.htm
 * Description:** You can find various links to online graphic organizer libraries at this site. Please note that the site will give you ideas, but you will have to recreate the graphic organizers in your target language.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz


 * Name of Resouce:** Multiple Intelligences Inventory
 * Where to find it:** http://surfaquarium.com/MI/inventory.htm
 * Description:** Very user-friendly inventory to use with students.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz


 * Name of Resouce:** MI in the world language classroom
 * Where to find it:** http://www.teresakennedy.com/activities.htm
 * Description:** Activities for the world language classroom, sorted by learning style.
 * Posted by:** Nicole Naditz