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.
Kenji Hakuta's team at Stanford has developed a tool that takes advantage of varied Web technologies to give students and teachers of English a multilayered mental and visual
grasp of academic vocabulary.
These
hundreds of academic vocabulary lists, comprised of thousands of key math terms, can be used with over thirty - five of VocabularySpellingCity's learning activities.
This research - based eBook written by Dr. Vicki A. Jacobs, Harvard Graduate School of Education outlines what teachers need to understand about the definition and
role of academic vocabulary in content - learning.
This research - based eBook written by Dr. Vicki A. Jacobs, Harvard Graduate School of Education explores how direct
instruction of academic vocabulary is critical to the academic success of all students — especially struggling readers, English language learners, and those from socio - economically disadvantaged home environments.
Schools also used a homegrown approach that emphasized higher - order questioning,
development of academic vocabulary, reading across the curriculum, and common classroom - based assessments.
Lessons place particular emphasis on the acquisition
of academic vocabulary and cross-disciplinary terms
This action research proposes that by coaching teachers in identifying and implementing appropriate instructional strategies in the acquisition
of academic vocabulary will improve the English proficiency leading to increased reclassification rates of English Learners.