Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iBAGrDU26471; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:53:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:53:13 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <681A95205B5ACB4AAD697401486AE712047352@hal9000.lvgh.prv> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "George Demetrion" <george.demetrion@lvgh.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2897] RE: What is Vocabulary? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1999 Lines: 61 Then there is this nifty handbook on effective instruction in liuteracy written by Timothy Rasinsky and Nancy Padak at Kent State University http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/handbookTOC.html George Demtrion -----Original Message----- From: nifl-4eff@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-4eff@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of MWPotts2001@aol.com Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:17 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2896] What is Vocabulary? Colleagues, Vocabulary is one of the elements of Evidence based Reading Instruction, researched in the EFF Read Wtih Understanding Project, and a good vocabulary affects at least two of the other elements: comprehension and fluency. What does research tell us about how students acquire vocabulary and what instruction must do to help students develop the kind of vocabulary knowledge that will contribute tot their reading success? The paragraph below is an excerpt from the article, A Focus on Vocabulary, a PREL study.the entire paper can be located at http://www.prel.org/products/re_/ES0419.htm All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List What Is Vocabulary? Broadly defined, vocabulary is knowledge of words and word meanings. However, vocabulary is more complex than this definition suggests. First, words come in two forms: oral and print. Oral vocabulary includes those words that we recognize and use in listening and speaking. Print vocabulary includes those words that we recognize and use in reading and writing. Second, word knowledge also comes in two forms, receptive and productive. Receptive vocabulary includes words that we recognize when we hear or see them. Productive vocabulary includes words that we use when we speak or write. Receptive vocabulary is typically larger than productive vocabulary, and may include many words to which we assign some meaning, even if we don't know their full definitions and connotations - or ever use them ourselves as we speak and write (Kamil & Hiebert, in press).
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