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How to learn Vocabulary
Introduction
What does research tell us about vocabulary?
n*Vocabulary assists students in expanding their knowledge to raise achievement.
n*Vocabulary development increases when students have visual images of word meaning and when the words are categorized into groups.
*In order to understand spoken or written words a student must know 95% of the words.
*In order to understand spoken or written words a student must know 95% of the words.
n*The creation of labels is a tool for fostering new perceptions and increasing learning.
n*It takes a minimum of 15 encounters with a new word for a student to understand and apply
the word independently.
the word independently.
What are effective vocabulary strategies for exemplary schools?
n --Awareness of words
n --Wide reading and extensive writing
n --Strategies for independently inferring word meanings from context
n --Direct instruction of vocabulary and vocabulary related skills
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