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Blythe E. Anderson – Reading Teacher, 2024
Vocabulary knowledge plays a critical role in supporting text comprehension and broader learning across the school day. While school offers opportunities to build vocabulary knowledge, studies have shown that very little time is devoted to vocabulary instruction at the elementary level. This may be, in part, because educators commonly report being…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
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Paul Meara; Imma Miralpeix – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
This paper is part 4 in a series of workshops that examine the properties of some simple models of vocabulary networks. This Workshop explores how the overall activity level of a vocabulary network can be altered by changing the connections in the network (i.e., by implementing relinking events). The Workshop is linked to an online practice room…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Models, Simulation, Workshops
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Kelly Grucelski – Connected Science Learning, 2024
As classrooms become more and more linguistically and culturally diverse, educators seek to make learning more accessible and relevant for their multilingual students. One way that educators have done this is to incorporate translanguaging into their instruction, including in STEM classrooms and organizations that work with schools to provide STEM…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Translation, STEM Education
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Zachary T. Barnes; Kelly B. Cartwright – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
Comprehending texts in content areas can be challenging for students with learning disabilities (LD) because they may lack the necessary background and vocabulary knowledge needed to construct meaning from text. As more students with LD are educated in the general education classroom, it is necessary for teachers to implement strategies to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Vocabulary Development, Knowledge Level, Educational Strategies
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Elizabeth A. Stevens; Megan H. Mowbray – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Typically, vocabulary instruction is associated as part of reading instruction. However, vocabulary instruction is also a necessary component of mathematics instruction. In fact, state and national standards (e.g., Common Core State Standards) require elementary students to communicate about mathematics to provide clear explanations, construct…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Daniel R. Isbell; Leeseul Park; Meghan Delaney – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
Vocabulary knowledge plays an important role in language learning and language proficiency, but it is difficult to know how much of a role it plays without appropriate vocabulary measures. In this article, we first discuss learner vocabulary in our research on Korean as a second/foreign language. Unable to find appropriate measures for receptive…
Descriptors: Korean, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Tests
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Sonia Q. Cabell; Tricia A. Zucker – Reading Teacher, 2024
Engaging in frequent, meaningful conversation during the early years of schooling is foundational for children's literacy development. Specifically, developing oral language through daily conversations is essential for language comprehension, and eventually, reading comprehension. In this article, we discuss how teachers can use the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Skills, Oral Language, Preschool Education
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Ian Cushing – Language and Education, 2024
Tiered vocabulary is a pervasive concept in academic scholarship, education policy, and schools. It involves placing individual words into hierarchically arranged tiers, based on their apparent simplicity, sophistication, utility, and complexity, with these categorisations used to determine which words carry value in the classroom. In this article…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Word Frequency, Language Usage
Seth A. Parsons; Joy Dangora Erickson – Phi Delta Kappan, 2024
Recently, the science of reading has garnered much attention in elementary schools across the U.S. The science of reading is a body of research on learning to read that has been accumulated through systematic inquiry. Seth A. Parsons and Joy Dangora Erickson argue that the way the science of reading is being implemented is missing a key…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Reading Fluency
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Nicole Mills; Kristen McInerney – Connected Science Learning, 2024
This brief highlights a toolkit resource to support multilingual learners (MLLs) with literacy in STEM. Bridging Language and Learning: Empowering Multilingual Learners in STEM was created for the Department of Defense and its collaborative network of STEM-focused organizations called the Defense STEM Education Consortium. These partners work…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Multilingualism, Student Empowerment, Literacy
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Paulina Lehmkuhl; Benedikt Wagner; Stefanie Frisch; Dominik Rumlich; Judith Visser – TESOL Journal, 2025
The use of digital tools for second and foreign language lexical learning is increasingly popular and research in this area is constantly expanding. However, little has been written about specific criteria that could be used to identify tools with high-quality lexical input, as available checklists and frameworks for digital media tend to neglect…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pilot Projects
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Ke Hu; Ying Deng; Xiaobin Liu – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
High frequency words, which are key to a text, must be mastered to achieve minimum levels of reading proficiency. However, knowledge about the frequency of items in a language is very limited. Given this consideration, WordSift (www.wordsift.org), a word cloud tool based on high frequency and key words can assist English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Na Young Kong – Multicultural Education, 2024
In the United States, the number of dual language learners has rapidly increased, requiring essential instructional support, especially for young children. Without the intentional teaching of academic vocabulary, academic words are not incorporated into the repertoire of emergent bilingual children (EBC). A recent systematic review of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Preschool Children, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
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Ibrahim Halil Topal – Technology in Language Teaching & Learning, 2025
Technological advancements have not only introduced new tools for language education but also tailored apps and resources for specific language skills. These include mobile apps (e.g., "Drops: Language Learning Games" for vocabulary), websites (e.g., "SpanishDict" for Spanish dictionary and grammar), and reference tools (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Multimedia Materials, Second Language Learning, Databases, Vocabulary Development
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Margaret Vento-Wilson – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2025
This tutorial offers speech-language pathologists (SLPs) an opportunity to consider the theoretical constructs of language acquisition theory and the multifactorial determinants that can impinge on the language acquisition process for children with complex communication needs. The system of constraints observed through the lens of optimality…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Speech Language Pathology, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency
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