What Research Has to Say About Vocabulary Instruction

by Farstrup, Alan E.; Samuels, S. Jay

• ISBN13: 9780872076983
• ISBN10: 0872076989
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Intl Literacy Assn

Table of Contents

Note From the Editors	p. v
About the Editors	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Vocabulary Instruction: A Critical Component for Skillful Reading	p. 1
Getting to the Root of Word Study: Teaching Latin and Greek Word Roots in Elementary and Middle Grades	p. 6
Attentional Vocabulary Instruction: Read-Alouds, Word Play, and Other Motivating Strategies for Fostering Informal Word Learning	p. 32
Instruction on Individual Words: One Size Does Not Fit All	p. 56
Teaching Vocabulary-Learning Strategies: Word Consciousness, Word Connection, and Word Prediction	p. 80
The Nature, Learning, and Instruction of General Academic Vocabulary	p. 106
Teaching Vocabulary Through Text and Experience in Content Areas	p. 130
Vocabulary Instruction in Middle and Secondary Content Classrooms: Understandings and Direction From Research	p. 150
More Than Merely Words: Redefining Vocabulary Learning in a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society	p. 182
English Words Needed: Creating Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners	p. 211
Author Index	p. 239
Subject Index	p. 247
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