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Green, Laura Chris – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2004
English language learners may bring linguistic knowledge in the area of cognates to their learning of new English words, but they also will have special vocabulary learning needs that English speakers will not. They need to learn basic, survival words that English speakers begin school knowing, words such as house, school, walk, and eat. They also…
Descriptors: Written Language, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods