Teaching Words and How They Work: Small Changes for Big Vocabulary Results

ISBN-13: 9780807763186 / Angielski

Elfrieda H. Hiebert

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• Contents
• Preface ix
• 1. Learning Words and How Words Work 1
• Vocabulary and Texts: A Two-Way Relationship 2
• Vocabulary Instruction: A Focus on Relationships Among Words,   Not Individual Words 4
• How to Implement New Vocabulary Insights:  Small Changes = Big Results 8
• The Last Word 10
• 2. Making Small Changes in Vocabulary Instruction 11
• Small Changes = Big Results: WHY 12
• Small Changes = Big Results: WHAT 13
• Small Changes = Big Results: HOW 15
• The Last Word 20
• 3. Why a Small Group of Word Families Is So Important  25
• The Evidence 25
• Small Changes = Big Results 35
• The Last Word 38
• 4. A Short History of English and Why It Matters 41
• The Evidence 42
• Small Changes = Big Results 49
• The Last Word 53
• 5. Recycling and Remixing:   Multiple Meanings and Uses of Words 54
• The Evidence 56
• Small Changes = Big Results 61
• The Last Word 64
• 6. The Vocabulary Networks of Narrative Texts 66
• The Evidence 67
• Small Changes = Big Results 77
• The Last Word 80
• 7. The Vocabulary Networks of Informational Texts 82
• The Evidence 83
• Small Changes = Big Results 91
• The Last Word 94
• 8. Vocabulary and Text Complexity Systems 98
• The Evidence 99
• Small Changes = Big Results 107
• The Last Word 111
• 9. Different Labels But the Same Concepts: English Learners 113
• The Evidence 114
• Small Changes = Big Results 119
• The Last Word 123
• Children’s Literature and Instructional Texts 125
• References 131
• Index 139
• About the Author 154