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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450475003321

Titolo

Teaching and learning vocabulary [[electronic resource] ] : bringing research to practice / / edited by Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Michael L. Kamil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-135-60545-9

1-282-32527-2

9786612325274

1-4106-1292-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HiebertElfrieda H

KamilMichael L

Disciplina

372.61

Soggetti

Vocabulary - Study and teaching

Language arts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Perspectives and Persistent Issues; PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON HOW VOCABULARY IS LEARNED; PART II: INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS THAT ENHANCE VOCABULARY; PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON WHICH WORDS TO CHOOSE FOR INSTRUCTION; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best-known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension. Part I examines how voca