Infants begin to understand the meaning of new words by coordinating their visual attention with the object and the sounds being said by the other person. (readingbrightstart.org)
Professor Kathy Rastle, from the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway said, «The results were striking; people who had focused on the meanings of the new words were much less accurate in reading aloud and comprehension than those who had used phonics, and our MRI scans revealed that their brains had to work harder to decipher what they were reading.» (sciencedaily.com)
Students practice spelling words and then look up the meaning of new words using a dictionary. (tes.com)