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Content-Area Vocabulary

Content-Area Vocabulary. A Critical Key to Conceptual Learning. What Research Tells Us. Learning new words takes place gradually Words with multiple meanings are common Affixes/Root Words need to be taught . Words need to be taught contextually

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Content-Area Vocabulary

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  1. Content-Area Vocabulary A Critical Key to Conceptual Learning

  2. What Research Tells Us • Learning new words takes place gradually • Words with multiple meanings are common • Affixes/Root Words need to be taught. • Words need to be taught contextually • Instruction must extend beyond word definitions.

  3. Instructional Framework • Preparation: • select words to teach • words should be critical to understanding • Words should be limited in number • Explanation: • introduce the words using clearly understandable definitions

  4. Instructional Framework • Application: • apply the words in meaningful activities • Meaningful-use prompts • Statement completions • Word associations • Meaningful questions

  5. Instructional Framework • Reinforcement: • review/internalize newly learned words and meanings.

  6. Meaningful Use Activities • Writing activity • Cubing activity • requires examination of concept from different dimensions.

  7. Meaningful Use Activities • Writing activity • R.A.F.T. • stands for: role, audience, form, and topic.

  8. Closing Remarks I found this article to be well written and concise. I agreed with everything in it and liked the layout of its instructional framework. I have implemented a very similar framework before and found it to work well. I am glad to see this new push for simply teaching our English language. I honestly am unsure of why it has become this “new” thing/focus when it is not really possible to teach without teaching (or having a grasp on them yourself) words and their meanings.

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