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Comprehensible Input Techniques

Comprehensible Input Techniques

1. MODELING

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-The teacher models what is expected of the student.

-Usually a step-by-step procedure.
Student Questions: Could you please show me how I would write a sentence that
asks a question? How do I safely cross the street? Where do I put things away?
2. HANDS-ON MANIPULATIVES

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-Manipulatives are learning aids such as a microscope, tiles for counting or

making sets, labels, etc.
Student Questions: What is the difference between the length of the desk and the
width of the door? How are 2B pencils and 2H pencils different?
3. REALIA
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Comprehensible Input Techniques

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-Students have access to the real thing, such as a can of coke or crayons.
Student Questions: What information can I get from a soda can label? What
information can I get from a pack of crayons?
4. COMMERCIAL OR TEACHER-MADE PICTURES

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-Use of pictures that depict any object, process, or topic.

Student Questions: How do we make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? How
do we make a good color wheel? Can you help me draw Pikachu?

5. USING THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR

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Comprehensible Input Techniques

-To Show clues by writing words and sketching them out to connect verbal or
written words to the picture. (Must have both)
Student Question: I didnt understand all of the shading terms. Could you please
explain to me what cast shadows are? What is bracelet shading?
6. DEMONSTRATION

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-Process of how something happens.

Student Questions: How do I make an origami butterfly? How do you make the
color green with paint? What about orange and even skin color?
7. MULTIMEDIA

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Comprehensible Input Techniques

-Use of tape recorders, videos, cameras, computers, etc.

Student Questions: What is the Holocaust? What is Neoclassism?
8. TIMELINES

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-Visually represents events in sequence, and can be added on to.

Student Questions: What happens leading up to the first Tuesday in November
when we vote for the U.S. president? How long do I have to complete this art
project and when is it due?
9. GRAPHS

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Comprehensible Input Techniques

-Visually represents numbers, amounts, etc.

Student Questions: We dont eat just junk food. How can we prove to everyone
that we eat healthy things, too? Which art class likes blue the most?
10. MAPS

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-Used in History, Science, or Geography.

Student Questions: Where are the remaining rainforests in the world today?
Where would I find pyramids, amphoras, and hieroglyphs?

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