Presentation/Assigment

Module 7 Discussion Board 4

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Instruction:

Discuss the ways teachers can help students expand their vocabulary and make 3 questions.

EXAMPLE

Hello Everyone,

Before thinking about the strategies that would help students expand their vocabulary, I would like to think about the actual process of learning a new word. First of all, it has to enter into the short-term memory and then with its work stored in long-term memory. The repetition and visual support would always help in this process. Creating different bulletin boards, organizers, associations, games, and picture thesauruses would be a perfect way to remind the students about the recently learned words.

There are many ways and strategies that teachers could use to expand their student’s vocabulary. I personally like the following. The first is to create a world map with the list of the words you would like your students to learn, associating them with its antonyms, synonyms, and writing the word definition. It will allow students to make the relation of the words and, as a result, develop a new vocabulary. I also think that using music for memorization is a great and fun idea to expand student’s vocabulary. It allows students to memorize new words at their own pace with fun signing and maybe dancing. Reading books and read-aloud time is another way to increase a child’s vocabulary. Children are facing a lot of new words through the reading. Talking after the reading will help a child comprehend a story and discuss the new words with him/her. Another way is playing together using words. For example, say each other (in the group) the word and ask to create a sentence with it, repeat this process as many times as wanted.

Moreover, I believe that a child’s environment plays a huge role in the process of learning new words. Therefore, it is crucial to involve parents and caregivers in this process and make sure they use the language and new words outside of the school.

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References

Erekson, J. A., Opitz, M. F, & Schendel, R. (2020). Understanding, assessing, and teaching reading: A diagnostic approach (8th Edition). Boston, MA: Pearson