How Can Teachers Increase Classroom Use of Academic Vocabulary?

Autor/inn/en	Larson, Lisa; Dixon, Temoca; Townsend, Dianna
Titel	How Can Teachers Increase Classroom Use of Academic Vocabulary?
Quelle	In: Voices from the Middle, 20 (2013) 4, S.16-21 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1074-4762
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Social Studies; Vocabulary Development; Classroom Techniques; Vocabulary Skills; Learner Engagement; Educational Strategies; Change Strategies; Teaching Methods; Middle School Students; Instructional Effectiveness; Class Activities; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Gemeinschaftskunde; Wortschatzarbeit; Klassenführung; Aktiver Wortschatz; Lehrstrategie; Lösungsstrategie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	The purpose for this action research study was to answer the question: "How can we enhance students' active engagement with academic vocabulary in social studies classes?" In this article, the authors share the strategies they developed through their research that proved most effective in engaging middle school students with active academic vocabulary use in social studies. They consider both general academic words and content-specific words, and highlight the power of word walls, morphology practice, matching activities, word sorts, and vocabulary journals in helping students access the abstract and dense social studies texts they encounter in such classrooms. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10