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In the classroom when teaching vocabulary you rely on words as an essential part of your reading comprehension or content learning. You need to make semantic, morphological, | In the classroom when teaching vocabulary you rely on words as an essential part of your reading comprehension or content learning. You need to make semantic, morphological, | ||
- | Students need multiple exposures to multiple forms of a word across multiple modalities. In terms of skills | + | When you assign Word-Learning Task as a teacher |
+ | * Known word & Known concept | ||
+ | * Ex. Weather and rain | ||
+ | * New word & Known concept | ||
+ | * Ex. Meteorology & precipitation | ||
+ | * Known word & New concept | ||
+ | * Ex. Pressure & storm watch/ | ||
+ | * New word & New concept | ||
+ | * Ex. Humidity & hygrometer | ||
- | Given the small number of of word families that make up the focus of vocabulary lessons but the complexity of words having multiple meanings explicit rich vocabulary instruction helps [[English Language Learners]]develop literacy skills in both languages. | + | Four methods for learning unknown words: |
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+ | - Context Clues: learning new words by knowing meaning of old words | ||
+ | Looking around the word within the text for hints | ||
+ | Seeing or hearing word in other contexts | ||
+ | - Morphemic Analysis: using parts/roots of the word to approximate meaning4. | ||
+ | - Expert Advice: Asking teacher, parent, sibling, friend, etc. | ||
+ | - Dictionaries | ||
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+ | Students need multiple exposures to multiple forms of a word across multiple modalities. In terms of skills you must teach [[Non-contextual vs Contextual Vocabulary Instruction]]. [[Contextual Vocabulary Instruction]] often relies on comprehension skills of looking for implicit and explicit definitions within a text. On the other hand, [[Non-contextual Vocabulary Instruction]] may rely on explicit teaching of vocabulary outside of the text. | ||
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+ | Given the small number of of word families that make up the focus of vocabulary lessons but the complexity of words having multiple meanings explicit rich vocabulary instruction helps [[English Language Learners]] develop literacy skills in both languages. | ||
Overall, while we focus on explicit and rich vocabulary instruction the greatest amount of words learned occurs through [[Varied Reading and Vocabulary]]. That is the only way to truly develop new connections to new meanings. | Overall, while we focus on explicit and rich vocabulary instruction the greatest amount of words learned occurs through [[Varied Reading and Vocabulary]]. That is the only way to truly develop new connections to new meanings. |
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