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 iBFJSaU04043; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:28:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:28:36 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BDE5ECBD.56EC%sbeaman@webster.edu> 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: Sarah Beaman-Jones <sbeaman@webster.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2899] Re: What is Vocabulary? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 468 Lines: 11 Meta, One thing that research has documented is that low literate parents use considerably fewer words than more literate parents and word usage is also more constrained. One exercise I have been sharing with the family literacy teachers I visit is to toss a ball around and have each person add to the description of that ball. Parents love doing this and begin to understand how to increase the variety of words used in communication with their children. Sarah
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