The Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction (Colorin Colorado)

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The Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction - To be effective, a program of vocabulary instruction should provide students with opportunities for word learning by:

  • encouraging wide reading;
  • exposing students to high-quality oral language;
  • promoting word consciousness;
  • providing explicit instruction of specific words; and
  • providing modeling and instruction in independent word-learning strategies.

Each of these components contributes to helping students overcome the major obstacles to vocabulary growth.

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Curriculum/Instructional Methods English Learners (ELs) Literacy