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13: Word Learning and Vocabulary Instruction

Key Terms
  • oral and written language
  • linguistic development
  • semantics
  • word knowledge
  • world knowledge
  • concept knowledge
  • partial concept knowledge
  • verbal association knowledge
  • discourse context
  • language-learning disabilities
  • SSR (sustained silent reading)
  • DEAR (drop everything and read)
  • computer-assisted or computer-aided instruction
  • semantic mapping
  • semantic feature analysis (SFA)
  • literature discussion groups
  • possible sentences
  • text talks
  • “learner” dictionary
  • incidental word learning
  • structural analysis
  • word analysis
  • English language learners
  • “think-alouds”



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