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Teaching Word-Learning Strategies
chapter 5. Teaching Word-Learning Strategies For every word known by a child who is able to apply morphology and context, an additional one to three words should be understandable. William Nagy and Richard Anderson, Vocabulary Researchers T. eaching students Word-Learning Strategies Strategies such as using context and word parts to unlock the meanings of words they don't know is tremendously important. With tens of thousands of words to learn, anything we can do to help students be- come more proficient independent word learners is an absolute neces- sity. Fortunately, we can do a lot to sharpen students' skills at learning words on their own. This, as Nagy and Anderson (1994) suggest, will enable students to more than double the number of words they learn. In this chapter , I discuss five ways in which we can help students become increasingly competent at learning words on their own. These are Using Context to Unlock the Meanings of Unknown words Using Word Parts to Unlock the Meanings of Unknown words Using the Dictionary and Related Reference Tools Developing a Strategy for Dealing with Unknown words Adopting a Personal Approach to Building Their Vocabularies Before describing instruction to build students' competence in each of these important areas, I will first describe a very powerful general model for Teaching Strategies , a model that underlies all of the instructional procedures I discuss in this chapter .
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