Visual stimuli can be emphasized when presenting the printed word by color coding words to focus attention on particular cues. Go from general to specific in choosing vocabulary items. Some words have more generalized meanings and can be used correctly in a variety of contexts. For example, big can refer to overall size, height, width, volume, weight, or length, whereas tall refers to a more specific meaning, namely height. Choose big before tall, or large before wide.
Complex words have a larger number of semantic features.
For example, give and pay both refer to an act of transferring something from one to another, and therefore share that semantic aspect. But pay also includes an obligation to return something in exchange for what was given. Related words should be introduced according to the order of increasing complexity. Words with the smallest number of semantic features are first in the order of learning. Therefore select give before pay, introducing the less complex word first.