Title
Preventing a Vocabulary Lag: What Lessons Are Learned From Research
Abbreviated Journal Title
Read. Writ. Q.
Keywords
LOW-INCOME; LITERACY INTERVENTION; READING-COMPREHENSION; HEAD-START; INSTRUCTION; ACQUISITION; CLASSROOM; CHILDREN; LANGUAGE; TEXT; Education & Educational Research; Education, Special
Abstract
This article discusses why early and sustained vocabulary development is important for listening and reading comprehension development and presents findings from 8 studies implemented with children of mostly low socioeconomic status in settings from day care to first grade. Program interventions were based on learning new vocabulary developed out of storybook read-alouds and not with word-reading approaches. Practitioners and researchers may find it quite useful to implement the vocabulary-learning procedures with low-vocabulary children or English language learners in their own settings. We offer a number of suggestions and implications for future research based on conversational interactions and the findings of the 8 investigations.
Journal Title
Reading & Writing Quarterly
Volume
28
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
333
Last Page
357
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1057-3569
Recommended Citation
"Preventing a Vocabulary Lag: What Lessons Are Learned From Research" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 3310.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/3310
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