Tag: vocabulary
Gestures Can Help Vocabulary Learning
Language educators may find that incorporating gestures or other types of movements in their vocabulary lessons improves learning outcomes, according to a study recently...
Where Do Students Store New Vocabulary?
A study on word learning recently published in Neuropsychologia is shedding light on the age-old question of how language learners’ minds store the target...
Eureka!
Hands down, reading is one of the most powerful tools for facilitating acquisition of vocabulary—whether it is vocabulary from a first, second, or third...
Drawing on Ideas for Language Learners
For more than 40 years, education researchers have advocated the use of concept mapping as an effective approach to fostering higher-order thinking...
Have Fun Learning
If kids are having fun while learning a language, it is much more likely they will enjoy it and want to keep learning. One...
Baby Talk Works
The more baby talk (e.g., words that repeat themselves, like choo-choo, or diminutives, like bunny or Mommy) that babies are exposed to, the quicker...
Newspapers, Childhood Reading Key to Strong Vocabulary
Researchers at London’s Institute of Education have found that children who are avid readers...
Software Focus
In addition to the humble book, publishers have launched an array of reading programs
designed to help readers of all types acquire the skills they...
Helping Academic English Learners Develop Productive Word Knowledge
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers evidence-based instructional practices to advance students’ verbal and written command of critical words
Vocabulary Knowledge and Overall Academic Achievement
Vocabulary plays a crucial...
Cutting to the Common Core: Making Vocabulary Number One
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers strategies for prioritizing vocabulary for competent text analysis, discussion, and constructed response
Shifts in Text Emphases and Response Tasks
The Common Core...
Closing the Vocabulary Gap
Alex Rappaport argues that word acquisition may be the easiest way to close the achievement gap
One promise of public education is to level the...
