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A 5 page paper. Research consistently concludes there is a strong correlation between vocabulary development and reading comprehension. The question then is how to help students develop a rich vocabulary. Some experts support the use of vocabulary word lists while others argue vocabulary is best developed through incidental learning experiences and by encountering new words in the reading text. This premise is discussed. The writer reports that both incidental learning experiences and systematic vocabulary instruction together provide the most effective learning environment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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such as looking up the word in the dictionary, writing the definition and then, using the word in a sentence has been shown to be less effective than other approaches
to developing vocabulary (Brabham and Villaume, 2002). Many teachers focus more on independent reading rather than spending a great deal of time on teaching vocabulary words (Brabham and Villaume, 2002).
Research over the past several years has "consistently found a strong correlation between vocabulary development and reading comprehension" (Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, nd). Children learn vocabulary
by being exposed to a "rich language environment" and through reading a great deal (Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, nd). However, the Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance
Center writes that it is not enough to have students encounter unfamiliar words in reading text repeatedly, they also need to have separate and distinct instruction in vocabulary words as
well as instruction in developing strategies to use when they do not know a word (Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, nd). This Center reports the following facts about
vocabulary and reading: * When children read, they access their own oral vocabulary and their own print vocabulary. Those who have a well-developed vocabulary typically are more fluent readers (Elementary
and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, nd). * The authors assert that if children have a word in their oral vocabulary, they can understand the same word in print (Elementary
and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, nd). * If the student encounters a word while reading that is not in his oral vocabulary, he needs to have strategies for determining
what that word means (Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, nd). * Any vocabulary instruction in a classroom needs to be appropriate for the students age and academic level.
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