Various Learners and Settings
“The high rates of vocabulary growth seen in many children occur only through immersion in massive amounts of rich written and oral language. Students who need help most in the area of vocabulary—those whose home experience has not given them a substantial foundation in the vocabulary of literate and academic English—need to acquire words at a pace even faster than that of their peers, but by no means do they always find this process easy or automatic.” (Nagy & Scott, 2000)
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English Learners
For English learners (ELs), the principles of vocabulary instruction are essentially the same as for non-EL peers, but...
Grade Level Differences
As students get older, their vocabularies grow each year, adding less frequent and more technical words.
Subject Specific
Experienced teachers consistently note that too many students comprehend their content area texts poorly, and that lack of vocabulary knowledge is a major challenge.