1. What principles and processes characterize word learning in early childhood and throughout the life span?
   
   
2. What factors influence word learning during reading?
   
   
3. What characteristics of vocabulary instruction best affect the development of vocabulary skills? What factors should be considered?
   
   
4. How should words be selected for vocabulary instruction?
   
   
5. Describe strategies for deriving word meanings. Describe activities that teach individual word meanings.

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