Developing Academic Language with the SIOP Model

About Deborah ShortJana Echevarria

Deborah J. Short Ph.D. directs Academic Language Research & Training a consulting company and provides professional development on sheltered instruction and academic literacy worldwide. Formerly she was a Division Director at the Center for Applied Linguistics Washington DC where she co-developed the research-validated SIOP Model for sheltered instruction. She has directed numerous research studies on English language learners funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York the Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education among others. Her publications include journal articles the SIOP Model book series and several ESL textbook series for National Geographic Learning/Cengage. She taught English as a second/foreign language in New York California Virginia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jana Echevarría Ph.D. is Professor Emerita at California State University Long Beach where she was selected as Outstanding Professor. She has taught in elementary middle and high school in general education special education ESL and bilingual programs. An internationally known expert on second language learners her research and publications focus on effective instruction for English learners including those with learning disabilities. She has presented her research across the U.S. and internationally including Oxford University (England) Wits University (South Africa) Harvard University (U.S.) South East Europe University (Macedonia) and University of Barcelona (Spain). A founding researcher of the Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol commonly known as SIOP her publications include over 50 books book chapters and journal articles.