Comprehensible Input Techniques

Modeling - Teacher models what is expected of the student. - Usually a step-by-step process. - Student Question: Could you please show me how I would write a sentence that as s a question! Realia - Students ha&e access to the '()" ob*ect$ such as a can of cola. - Student Question: %hat information can I #et from a soda can label! Using Overhead Projector - Used to show clues by writin# words or s etchin# to connect &erbal or written lessons to a picture. ,ust ha&e both. - Student Question: I didn+t understand this word you used when you tal ed about the water cycle: e&aporation. Could you please explain it to me! Multimedia - Use of a tape recorder$ &ideo$ computer$ etc. - Student Question: %hat is the .olocaust! Graphs - /isually represents numbers and amounts. - Student Question: %e don+t eat *ust *un #ood. .ow can we pro&e to e&eryone that we eat healthy thin#s too! Hands-On Manipulative - "earnin# aids such as a microscope$ tiles for countin#$ sets$ etc. - Student Question: %hat is the difference between the len#th of the des and width of the door!

Commercial or Teacher-Made Pictures - Use of picture that depicts any ob*ect$ process$ or topic. - Student Question: "et+s loo to see how to ma e a peanut butter and *elly sandwich. Demonstration - -rocess of how somethin# happens. - Student Question: .ow do artifacts #et buried deep under#round!

Timelines - /isually represents e&ents in sequence. - Student Question: %hat happens leadin# up to the day when we &ote for the US -resident! Maps - Used in Science$ 0eo#raphy$ and .istory. - Student Question: %here are the remainin# rainforests in the world today!