DRCA - CHAPTER 8 - VOCABULARY

Vocabulary encountered in content area reading is often the same as that from students’ normal speaking, writing, and listening vocabulary.

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Learning the meaning of new terms by reading definitions is one of the most effective ways to expand one’s vocabulary. 

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It is important to teach vocabulary strategies because words in a text passage often provide only partial contextual information for defining the meaning of a concept. 

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Semantic word maps, or CD word maps, are good after-reading tools that ask students to define a list of terms typically found at the end of a chapter. 

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As a rule of thumb, reinforcing and extending vocabulary should be introduced in small groups or with the class as a whole, and then completed individually. 

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When students examine a list of vocabulary words to determine which word does not belong, they are manipulating words at the conceptual level by using a form of categorization. 

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Concept circles provide an opportunity for studying words in a critical way by having students relate words to one another. 

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Brainstorming is an after-reading activity in which students categorize words based on their definition. 

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