Teaching word meanings
By: Steven A. Stahl, William E. Nagy.
Contributors: Nagy, William E.
Series: The literacy teaching series
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780805843637; 9780805843644
Subjects: Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Reading comprehension
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I: The Lay of the land.  The importance of vocabulary ; Vocabulary knowledge, reading comprehension, and readability ; Problems and complexities ; A comprehensive approach to vocabulary learning; title: Pt. II: Teaching specific words.  Teaching words for ownership ; Teaching concepts ; Teaching high-frequency words ; Talking about words; title: Pt. III: Independent word learning.  Exposure to rich language ; Promoting word consciousness ; Teaching word learning strategies: Word parts ; Teaching word learning strategies: Context ; Teaching word learning strategies: Definitions ; Conclusion: Matching instructional approaches to students and words.