Increasing Comprehensible Input In Vocabulary Instruction
1. Increasing Comprehensible Input in Vocabulary Instruction Keith Pruitt, Ed.S. Doctoral Candidate Words of Wisdom Educational Consulting www.woweducationalconsulting.com www.myspace.com/wowedu
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10. The evidence strongly supports a simple hypothesis. We acquire language in only one way: when we understand messages; that is, when we obtain ācomprehensible input.ā We acquire language, in other words, when we understand what we hear or what we read, when we understand the message. Krashen, 2003 Comprehensible Input
11. Is Comprehensible Input something done by the teacher to the student or by the student based on the teacher?
12. The Greater the Comprehensible Input ā¦ ā¦ the greater the capacity to comprehend.
13. So which is more desirable? The student who reads every word? Or The student who understands the meaning?
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15. And in the midst of normal conversation regarding comprehension, English Language Learners enter the picture and try to comprehend the input they receive. What must it be like? Perhaps this video will shed some light.
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21. Background Transfer Chart CLOCK CUP FORK Is This In My Language? What I Know About Word English Word
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23. Background Transfer Chart CLOCK CUP FORK tenedor Food copa Coca reloj Time Is This In My Language? What I Know About Word English Word
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25. The Work of J R Anderson Sensory Memory Working Memory Discards OR Permanent Memory Files Anderson, J.R. (1995). Learning and memory: An integrated approach. New York: John Wiley & Sons
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27. How About Now? What Schema Do You Have For This Picture? Can you transfer your learning? Can you adopt new schemes for this if I give you information?
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37. Comforting - Something or someone that is comforting makes you feel good when you are sad or hurt. Beck & McKeown, Elements of Reading Vocabulary, Steck Vaughn, 2004 Further explain by putting the word in a context. A warm cup of tea is comforting when my throat hurts. My dog feels comforting when I am hurt.
53. Connecting an image to a vocabulary word is the way in which the brain files information. For ELL students, creating the visual representation is tantamount to creating the file in the permanent memory. See- Building Background Knowledge , Marzano
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57. Reflection allows a refinement of understanding. It permits the memory file to be adjusted to incorporate new understandings.
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64. Use graphic organizers to help students use the words in meaningful contexts Drinking warm tea when my throat hurts Holding my cat in my lap A warm blanket on a cold night Comforting
66. Check the box that matches the meaning of the word at the top comforting Sandpaper A blanket Being hit Versatile Sing and dance Play piano Read a book Companionship A stranger Someone in Another city A Pet Fashionable Hoop Skirt Tailored suit Coveralls