The phrase
"unfamiliar vocabulary" means words or terms that you don't know or understand. These are words that are new or unknown to you.
Full definition
When students are confronted
with unfamiliar vocabulary, they check to see whether they know a related word in their own language.
Consider
how unfamiliar vocabulary, test - wiseness, or other factors can affect the accuracy of an item as a measure of what students know.
Given printed or digital lyric sheets, students can read the song lyrics out loud,
identify unfamiliar vocabulary, circle key words, and discuss the song's meaning.
Lesaux found that those students who take unfamiliar words and break them down into smaller parts, or morphemes, have increased success in
deciphering unfamiliar vocabulary.
When teachers know what students bring to their reading, they can purposefully choose strategies that serve as effective scaffolds between the «given» and the «new» of the text —
clarifying unfamiliar vocabulary and concepts, helping students anticipate the text, and helping them make personal connections with it — thus promoting their interest, engagement, and motivation (Jacobs, 1999).
Additionally, textbooks for these disciplines are often heavy
with unfamiliar vocabulary, convoluted sentences, and historical texts and graphics in archaic and / or formal English.
Many of our struggling readers shut down when there is
unfamiliar vocabulary, terminology, or concepts in the reading.
Also, sound effects that coincide with troublesome or
unfamiliar vocabulary can help language learners, such as a car horn beeping as the new word «honked» is introduced.