Cons Can ignore written English. If you focus too much on spoken English, then children may miss things like grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, which are also important to help them communicate. Even native English-speakers, who learnt through immersion and were subsequently taught grammar in school, slip up on this a lot. 59!! ! NYS$TESOL$JOURNAL$Vol.!3,!No.!1!January!2016!!! *Corresponding!author:jenscully4@gmail.com! In fact, research indicates that in full immersion programs, children develop initial literacy in the immersion language, and then develop a complete understanding of the foreign language. However, the benefits do not stop there. In fact, the many cognitive processes that underlie the ability to read a foreign language, such as understanding A 2004 study, "The Effects of Sheltered Instruction on the Achievement of Limited English Proficient Students" concluded that there is a positive impact on non-ELL teachers: For teachers of English-only students, the SIOP facilitates reflection and self-evaluation about teaching. acquisition of English and academic achievement, namely classroom instruction. It introduces a research-based model of sheltered instruction (SI) and demonstrates through classroom vignettes how the model can be implemented well. Sheltered instruction is an approach for teaching content to English learners (ELs) the benefits include: it creates an ability in the students to learn a new language. the problem-solving abilities of students increase. they have more understanding of how to learn and use language. learning takes place which increases the memory capacity of students. students can perform better in academics and can have a bright future. … Newcomer Program: PROS- trained teachers, native language, full educational support, sheltered instruction, personalized instruction CONS- segregating ELLs together, lack of content area instruction, expensive, fail if not committed Submersion: PROS- forced to learn English CONS- not full understanding, no tailored teaching When non-native English speakers sued a California district in 1974 for refusing to teach them English, they pointed out that equality in education cannot exist by using the same materials and instruction as their American-born peers. Now many districts provide the benefit of English as a Second Language classes, Sheltered English Instruction: An instructional approach used to make academic instruction in English understandable to ELL students. In the sheltered classroom, teachers use physical activities, visual aids, and the environment to teach vocabulary for concept development in mathematics, science, social studies, and other subjects. Pros Requires the student learn quickly in order to keep up with the class Increases likelihood of the child becoming fully bilingual at a young age Refrains from alienating the student by taking them out of the classroom environment Cons May be discouraging at first when the child is struggling to understand English immersing them in a continuous communicative experience with their monolingual peers in order to acquire English. implementing comprehensible input +1 so they can learn in their own setting. allowing them to stay in the classroom every day so they don't feel "different" from their peers. Teachers benefit because they are immersing them in a continuous communicative experience with thei