CHAPTER 12: WORD-LEARNING STRATEGIES
Objectives
As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:
- Describe the benefit of word learning strategy instruction
- Identify effective word-learning instructional strategies
- Identify the type of morphemic analysis instruction that begins by second grade
- Recognize common Greek and Latin roots in English
- Identify the grade level at which teachers should begin modeling context clues
- Identify the grade level at which students begin to learn how to use context clues
- Describe the type of assessment that provides the best information about students' specific learning of word learning strategies
- Identify instruction needed for students to know the mechanics of dictionary use
- Describe what students need to know beyond the mechanics of dictionary use
- Identify and define the key instructional elements in morphemic analysis
- Name and explain the types of helpful context clues found in text
- Describe the two types of unhelpful context found in text
- Apply effective instructional strategies and interventions for word-learning strategies
Key Terms
- Morphemic analysis
- Bound morphemes
- Free morphemes
- Root words
- Word families
- Compound words
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Cognate awareness
- Cognates
- False cognates
- Contextual analysis
- Context clues
- Appositive definition
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