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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 ...
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.
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A Comprehensive Vocabulary Program. There are eight books in the Townsend Press vocabulary series: Vocabulary Basics (reading level 4-6) Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary, 2/e (reading level 5-8) Building Vocabulary Skills, 2/e (reading level 7-9) Improving Vocabulary Skills, 2/e (reading level 9-11) Advancing Vocabulary Skills, 2/e (reading ...
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 ...
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.
A Compmhensive Vocabulary Program. There are eight books in the Townsend Press vocabulary series: Vocabulary Basics (reading level 4-6) Groundwork for a Better Vocabulary, 2/e (reading level 5-8) Building Vocabulary Skills, 2/e (reading level 7-9) Improving Vocabulary Skills, 2/e (reading level 9-11) Advancing Vocabulary Skills, 2/e (reading ...
abors et al., 2001; Vadasy & Nelson, 2012). There is research on language and vocabulary development in the early grades that implies literacy skill, including phonological awareness and vocabulary are connected and change roles over time in literacy skills development, making a case for early language experiences in vocabulary.