Vocabulary
Of all the features of complex text, vocabulary is the one that best predicts students’ comprehension. It is also the feature of complex text that is the most straightforward to teach. TextProject has numerous resources to aid in teacher knowledge and in classroom implementation of a generative vocabulary program—one in which students come to understand how English vocabulary work as opposed to strictly memorizing new words.
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Vocabulary & Text Complexity
- A Generative Vocabulary (YouTube)
- A Generative Vocabulary (Presentation slides)
- Words, Concepts, & Complex Text (YouTube)
- Text Complexity & English Learners: Building Vocabulary (Text Matters)
Vocabulary of Narratives & Informational Texts
- Unique Words Require Unique Instruction (Text Matters)
- What Differences in Narrative & Informational Texts Mean for Learning & Instruction (Reading Research Report)
- Cervetti, G.N., Hiebert. E.H., Pearson, P.D, & McClung, N.A. (submitted for publication). Factors That Influence the Difficulty of Science Words
Morphological Awareness & English Learners
- Text Complexity & English Learners: Building Vocabulary (Parts 1 & 2) (YouTube)
- Spanish-English Cognates (Lists & Guides)