Uses students' amusing vocabulary mistakes to discuss vocabulary development. (SR)

Spoken Words, a modified language experience approach to the study of vocabulary, offers college instructors an opportunity to individualize vocabulary instruction and to demonstrate a variety of the most powerful vocabulary learning strategies in a natural language setting. To implement Spoken Words, the teacher must first model the procedure by…

Reports the results of a study of six major reading series to learn which prefixes are taught and at what grade level. (BR)

A detailed explanation of the nature of semic analysis whose object is the breakdown of meaning into its constituent parts, principally meaning expressed by lexical units. There are numerous examples of words, word families and their histories. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Suggests ways of involving students in conversations as exercises in the use of vocabulary. (HOD)

Extracts guidelines from research for incorporating vocabulary instruction into the everyday routines of the classroom. (EL)

After reviewing the literature, this paper seeks to show the importance and significance of direct vocabulary instruction on students' critical literacy skills; specifically, reading comprehension. Although some may suggest that the greatest amount of vocabulary growth occurs through incidental word learning in wide reading, research indicates…

This book provides a research-based framework and practical strategies for vocabulary development with children from the earliest grades through high school. It emphasizes instruction that offers rich information about words and their uses and enhances students' language comprehension and production. The book guides teachers in selecting words for…

Presents examples of classroom activities designed to improve reading through improved vocabulary. (RB)

Describes a study in which investigators attempted to provide an example for approaching vocabulary development from a theoretical basis and tried to provide empirical support for some techniques presently used in teaching word meanings. (Author/HOD)

Describes using "magic squares" for vocabulary development and assessment, in combination with various everyday Australian words that differ from American usage. (SR)

This paper discusses deaf readers' acquisition of word meanings from context. It describes what is involved in deriving word meanings from context; identifies issues relevant for deaf learners; isolates factors that make an impact on the learning-from-context process (task factors, reader factors, text factors, and word features), and identifies…

Describes a dictionary game, adapted from the game "Balderdash," which builds skills in vocabulary and dictionary use, creative writing, and impromptu speaking, and simultaneously develops the ability to evaluate definitions critically. (MM)

Describes a vocabulary activity the author uses in first-year composition classes which is effective, interesting, and fun for students who write an ongoing serialized short story with required vocabulary words chosen weekly from assigned student readings. (SR)