Through coaching teachers were able to reflect on and refine their instructional practices to ensure that their students were successful in
acquiring academic vocabulary using a research - based strategy.
The review of literature has shown that as ELs are learning a new language, they must also be able to comprehend complex texts at grade - level,
acquire academic vocabulary, and support their thinking with evidence from multiple texts to be successful in school.
These are the subjects in which children
acquire academic vocabulary, not to mention the essential conceptual knowledge that prepares children for more in - depth studies in later grades.
Should classroom teachers devote their energies to making sure all students
acquire academic vocabulary and demonstrate proficiency as measured in standards - based assessments?
Not exact matches
English - language learners and children from low - income communities face particular hurdles in
acquiring sufficient
academic vocabulary to be proficient readers of more complex subjects.
By embedding
vocabulary instruction in social studies and science units, and by having students read multiple texts about a single topic (for instance, coral reefs or the Great Depression), students may ultimately
acquire more
academic words.
The
acquiring of
academic skills, including, notably, a big
vocabulary, consists of building efficient mental systems that enable us, despite this very constrained bottleneck, to perform huge feats of analysis and synthesis.
The
acquiring of
academic skills, including a big
vocabulary, consists of building efficient mental systems that enable us to perform huge feats of analysis and synthesis.
Acquire and use accurately a range of general
academic and domain - specific words and phrases; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge
For Spanish - language speakers, this early emphasis on their home language enables them to «expand their
vocabulary and build literacy in their first language; study a highly
academic curriculum in their first language; successfully transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English in later grades;
acquire high levels of self - esteem by becoming bilingual and playing a supportive role for their English - speaking classmates.»
A critical foundation to reaching advanced levels of literacy is that we begin by immersing children in
academic language within the context of great stories where they can painlessly
acquire the
vocabulary and sentence structures, which can facilitate their understandings of more complex readings, and even support their ownership of these words.
Leisure reading immerses students in contextually rich uses of
academic vocabulary within the larger contexts of effective and beautiful
academic language that is
acquired with minimal effort on the part of the reader.
«I can» statements are built in so students
acquire the needed
academic and social
vocabulary.
CCRA.L.6
Acquire and use accurately a range of general
academic and domain - specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
L. 6.6
Acquire and use accurately grade - appropriate general
academic and domain - specific words and phrases; gather
vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Academic Vocabulary List 6: assess, benefit, synthesize,
acquire, chapter, aspect, complex, consume, impact, invest