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2. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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   AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

3. Effective Vocabulary Instruction Fosters Knowing Words, Using ...

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   as the language of books and official documents. In fact, English mingled with Latinate vocabulary to such an ex-tent that modern English seems as much a Romance lan-guage as a Germanic language, as far as its word-stock (Baugh & Cable, 1978). The Germanic versus Latinate divide is significant in how our language is used. The Germanic segment ...

4. Optimizing Vocabulary Instruction for Preschool Children

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   Optimizing Vocabulary Instruction for Preschool Children. Keri M. Madsen1 , Lindsey A. Peters-Sanders1, Elizabeth Spencer Kelley2, R. Michael Barker1,3, Yagmur Seven1,4, Wendy L. Olsen1,5, Xigrid Soto-Boykin1,6, and Howard Goldstein1. Journal of Early Intervention 2023, Vol. 45(3) 227 –249 2022 SAGE Publications Article reuse guidelines ...

5. Teaching Vocabulary in the Early Childhood Classroom - ed

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   by a brief assessment. For each word, 12 children heard the new word repeated three times; another 12 children heard the word repeated six times; and so forth, for nine, 18, and 24 repetitions. Only 20 percent of the children who heard a new word three times remembered it; in fact, it wasn’t until after 24 repetitions.

6. Free shipping - Wikipedia

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   Many shoppers also perceive shipping costs as a barrier to place the order and leave the shopping cart before purchasing. 31.6% of respondents mentioned the latter as a main barrier during the online shopping experience based on Internet Retailer / Bizrate Insight consumer survey conducted in May 2018.

7. Talk, Read and Sing Together Every Day! - U.S. Department of ...

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   2. Extend children’s language. • Expand on children’s words or their attempts at words by adding a little more. For example, if the child says “ball”, you can say “the blue ball is bouncing!” • Add new vocabulary words to the ones children are already using when talking to them. • Restate children’s language using correct ...

8. Interactive children's book - Wikipedia

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   The newest advance in interactive children's books reflects the recent popularity of Amazon's Kindle. There are now a plethora of e-book sites that place children's picture books, along with LeapFrog-like sound effects and word pronunciation, completely online-often for free. Some will actually read an entire story aloud.

9. ERIC - ED494237 - The Vocabulary Book: Learning & Instruction ...

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   Written by one of the top experts in the field, this book offers a research-based program with plenty of classroom examples and strategies that teachers can use. The reader will get sound advice and models of exemplary instruction as well as portraits of comprehensive vocabulary programs in primary, elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.