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Hughes, George; Chinn, Clark – 1986
Beyond the first several thousand most commonly used words in a language, direct vocabulary instruction is not efficient. Use of inferential skills then becomes the most effective way of learning new vocabulary; it is the way native speakers build their 60,000 word vocabularies. Because the skill is not automatically transferable, it must be…
Descriptors: Classification, Context Clues, Inferences, Reading Skills