CLAD SDAIE Models and Strategies 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A teacher notices ELL students struggle with textbook chapters. Which SDAIE modification would BEST support comprehension?
- Providing a teacher-created outline with key terms bolded and visuals added (Correct answer)
- Assigning fewer pages from the same text
- Reading the chapter aloud to students once
- Pairing ELLs only with other ELLs
Correct answer: Providing a teacher-created outline with key terms bolded and visuals added
A structured outline with bolded key terms and added visuals scaffolds the text's language and content simultaneously for ELLs.
Question 2: In SDAIE instruction, 'sheltering' the content primarily means:
- Making grade-level content accessible without simplifying its intellectual rigor (Correct answer)
- Lowering academic expectations for ELL students
- Teaching only basic vocabulary before introducing content
- Separating ELLs from mainstream instruction
Correct answer: Making grade-level content accessible without simplifying its intellectual rigor
Sheltered instruction preserves the cognitive complexity of grade-level content while modifying the language and presentation to make it accessible.
Question 3: Which grouping strategy in SDAIE promotes language acquisition while also supporting content learning?
- Heterogeneous cooperative groups with assigned academic language roles (Correct answer)
- Homogeneous grouping by English proficiency level only
- Individual silent work followed by whole-class lecture
- Competitive group activities with single correct answers
Correct answer: Heterogeneous cooperative groups with assigned academic language roles
Heterogeneous cooperative groups with language roles ensure ELLs hear and produce academic language while engaging in meaningful content tasks.
Question 4: A SDAIE teacher uses 'sentence frames' such as 'The data shows that ___ because ___.' What is the MAIN purpose?
- To scaffold academic language production for ELLs (Correct answer)
- To restrict what students can say about the content
- To assess reading comprehension
- To replace vocabulary instruction
Correct answer: To scaffold academic language production for ELLs
Sentence frames provide linguistic scaffolding that allows ELLs to participate in academic discourse before they have fully mastered the language structures.
Question 5: Which of the following BEST describes the role of the student's home language in SDAIE instruction?
- It can be strategically used as a resource to clarify concepts and build on prior knowledge (Correct answer)
- It should be excluded to maximize English immersion
- It is only appropriate for beginning ELLs, not intermediate or advanced
- It should replace English for all instructional purposes
Correct answer: It can be strategically used as a resource to clarify concepts and build on prior knowledge
Strategic use of the home language helps clarify complex concepts and leverages students' existing knowledge base as a bridge to English academic content.
Question 6: A teacher shows a short video clip with captions before a social studies reading. This technique primarily serves to:
- Activate and build background knowledge through multiple modalities (Correct answer)
- Replace reading as the primary mode of learning
- Assess student comprehension before instruction
- Provide entertainment to motivate reluctant learners
Correct answer: Activate and build background knowledge through multiple modalities
Multimodal previewing builds the experiential and conceptual background ELLs need to comprehend complex academic text.
Question 7: The term 'comprehensible input' in SDAIE refers to language that is:
- Slightly above the student's current proficiency level but made understandable through context (Correct answer)
- Simplified to a level below the student's proficiency
- Delivered at native-speaker speed without modification
- Exclusively visual rather than verbal
Correct answer: Slightly above the student's current proficiency level but made understandable through context
Krashen's i+1 hypothesis, foundational to SDAIE, holds that acquisition occurs when input is just beyond current ability but made understandable through contextual supports.
CLAD SDAIE Models and Strategies 3
A teacher notices ELL students struggle with textbook chapters.
Which SDAIE modification would BEST support comprehension?