Progress Report to the ARCO Foundation Michael Genzuk, Ph.D., University of Southern California Kris Gutierrez, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles The Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English Module, planned by Luz The one I watched was called "Modeling and Coaching SDAIE." The acronym refers to Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English, a set of strategies used in California to teach intermediate ELLs content and language at the same time. Echevarria, A., Graves, A. (2007). Sheltered content instruction: Teaching English language learners with diverse abilities. Boston, MA. Allyn and Bacon. Genzuk, M. (2011). Specially designed academic instruction in English (SDAIE) for language minority students. Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research Digital Papers Series. Specially designed academic instruction in English (SDAIE) is a methodology used to teach English to those who are still learning and not yet proficient. To acquire any language the student needs to understand not only what is said but also "how" it is said. Genzuk (2011) explains further that a student's first language in SDAIE instruction can be very helpful in language acquisition: "Once a student learns to read in the primary language, their mechanical knowledge of reading rapidly transfers to other languages they acquire" (p. 10). Finally, the strategies embedded in this book are associated with quality instruction and can benefit students at all grade levels across the content areas. However, the key here is to use the strategies effectively, given your newly gained understanding of Latino boys. Specially designed academic instruction in English (SDAIE) for language minority students. Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research Digital Papers Series. Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research, University of Southern California. SPECIALLY DESIGNED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH (SDAIE) FOR LANGUAGE MINORITY STUDENTS Michael Genzuk, Ph.D. SDAIE