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Direct linkCrosson, Amy C.; Tapu, Christine; McKeown, Margaret G. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2022
In this article, we focus on a series of lessons, called "Think Like a Linguist," that we designed and implemented with multilingual adolescents. These lessons were developed as an introduction to a semester-long study on academic vocabulary and word analysis using Latin roots. Our intention in "Think Like a Linguist" lessons…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans, Multilingualism, Linguistics
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Lei, Puiwa; Zhao, Hui; Li, Xinyue; Patrick, Kelly; Brown, Kathleen; Shen, Yaqi – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: Morphological analysis skill is the ability to problem-solve meanings of unfamiliar words by applying knowledge of morphological constituents. For vocabulary words from the academic layer of English, the major, meaning-carrying morphological constituents are Latin roots (nov meaning 'new' in innovative). The degree to which…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Academic Language
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Moore, Debra W.; Ye, Feifei – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
This study investigated the hypothesis that academic vocabulary instruction infused with morphological analysis of bound Latin roots-such as analysis of the relation between innovative and its bound root, nov (meaning "new")-will enhance word learning outcomes for English Learner (EL) adolescents. Latinate words with bound roots comprise…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Latin
Download full textCrosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Moore, Debra W.; Ye, Feifei – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study investigated the hypothesis that academic vocabulary instruction infused with morphological analysis of bound Latin roots--such as analysis of the relation between innovative and its bound root, nov (meaning "new")--will enhance word learning outcomes for English Learner (EL) adolescents. Latinate words with bound roots…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Academic Language, Vocabulary Development, Latin
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Ward, Arthur K., Jr. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this research is to develop a vocabulary assessment, Evaluation of Academic Vocabulary or "EAV," that gauges students' depth of knowledge of academic words and is sensitive to vocabulary growth in the context of literacy interventions. We report results from two studies with native English-speaking middle school students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Language, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
Crosson, Amy C.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Ward, Arthur K., Jr. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this research is to develop a vocabulary assessment, Evaluation of Academic Vocabulary or "EAV," that gauges students' depth of knowledge of academic words and is sensitive to vocabulary growth in the context of literacy interventions. We report results from two studies with native English-speaking middle school students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Language, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
