The Trouble with Teaching Vocabulary.

Eisenberg, Anne

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ERIC Number: EJ223498

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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The Trouble with Teaching Vocabulary.

Eisenberg, Anne

Journal of Basic Writing, v2 n3 p5-14 Fall-Win 1979

Notes that teaching techniques used to "build" vocabulary are not based on the ways most people acquire vocabulary. Discusses the problems and possibilities of expanding students' language usage. (RL)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Higher Education, Semantics, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Word Recognition, Word Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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