“conscious learning remains the method and goal of skill-building models. To the extent that students acquire any language at all in such… — James Crawford Education Copy Share Image
“the federal Institute of Education Sciences reviewed these studies and found all of them lacking—that is, none could “establish that the comparison… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“It is unnecessary, he added, to pressure students to produce speech or writing in the second language before they are ready, because… — James Crawford Communication Copy Share Image
“skill-building” approaches, which feature explicit instruction in the formal aspects of language, have a poor record of success. Hence the dismal results… — James Crawford Foreign language Copy Share Image
“Teachers needed to emphasize the message, not the medium. Ideally, the curriculum should be so engaging that students would forget which language… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“not focusing on language turns out to be an effective way to teach language in sheltered classrooms, especially the kind of academic… — James Crawford Language Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, in the field of second and foreign language teaching, behaviorist pedagogy—i.e., direct instruction in various forms—maintains a large following, which seems… — James Crawford Common core Copy Share Image
“Third, the Comprehension Hypothesis, on which Krashen’s concept of sheltering is based, holds that input is what matters in second language acquisition—not… — James Crawford Language Copy Share Image
“educators of English learners should be well-versed in theories of second language acquisition and in methodologies such as sheltering and scaffolding. Their… — James Crawford Language acquisition Copy Share Image
“it’s hard to imagine a more tedious approach, practically guaranteed to deaden the enthusiasm of 12-year-olds.” — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“Krashen’s insistence that a sheltered classroom consists of second language learners only.” — James Crawford Language Learners Copy Share Image
“Scaffolding is applied in this context, not to engage students through authentic and meaningful activities, but to transmit a designated set of… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“SIOP’s authors never explain the benefits of standardization; yet standardization was clearly their intent. They say they first conceived of SIOP “as… — James Crawford Books Copy Share Image
“SIOP Feature 21 requires activities that integrate all language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking)—that is, forced output in English for all students,… — James Crawford Communication Copy Share Image
“sheltered classes are for intermediate [language learners], not beginners.” The reason should be obvious: “It is extremely difficult to teach subject matter… — James Crawford Language Learners Copy Share Image
“Yet SIOP, without advancing any explanation, puts “language objectives” on a par with “content objectives” and teaches both explicitly.” — James Crawford Goals Copy Share Image
With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where… — James Crawford Arrogance Copy Share Image
“Well, that’s comforting. A growing body of research suggests that SIOP may not be harmful to English learners and might even be… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“The more children focused on messages with a real-life purpose, rather than on, say, repetitive grammar drills or artificial dialogues, the more… — James Crawford Children Copy Share Image
“SIOP developers approached their project from the opposite direction. They began by announcing a model of sheltered instruction, incorporating a list of… — James Crawford Opposite direction Copy Share Image
“A highly structured, prescriptive model of sheltering and scaffolding is not necessary for effectively educating English learners. In fact, mandating any approach… — James Crawford Education Copy Share Image
“All it really seems to prove is that if you assemble a number of like-minded people, who share a certain view of… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
“BOTH PEARSON EDUCATION AND THE NONPROFIT Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) have promoted SIOP as an all-purpose educational product: a tool for… — James Crawford Education Copy Share Image
“Another factor in the success of French immersion, Krashen postulated, was the exclusion of native-French-speaking students. The linguistic composition of the classroom,… — James Crawford Learning environment Copy Share Image
