Teaching new words to children with poor existing vocabulary knowledge: a controlled evaluation of the definition and context methods.
BACKGROUND: Children who have poor vocabulary knowledge are at risk of wider language weaknesses and reading comprehension difficulties, which will impact upon their educational achievement. The central question addressed in this paper is how best to teach new vocabulary items to these children. AI...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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