Applying Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) to Business/Technology Teaching In English (BTTIE) in Asia

"Inclusion," aka "mainstreaming," is an education buzzword in America and elsewhere, as the shift in philosophies, resources, etc., continues toward integrating "gifted/special" students into general student populations. International educational institutions teaching all subjects in english are faced with the problems of providing instruction to students with (often widely) varying degrees of english proficiency. Teaching english to speakers of other languages (TESOL), or language instruction, is a challenge under such circumstances; transcending to business/technology teaching in english (BTTIE), or content instruction, is downright formidable. It\´s not just the teachers and students who have difficulty communicating with each other: school officials, administrators, etc., will also experience problems without inclusion-like solutions based on educational technology. Inclusion can be a vague concept to define and therefore implement, however; what\´s required for success is a codified, concrete education model such as the sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOPreg), designed, developed and delivered via hardware/software.