Learning Vocabulary through Reading

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2006Author
Adlof, Suzanne Marie
Storkel, Holly L.
Publisher
Speech Pathology Association of Australia
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Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/publications/jcpslpMetadata
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Children with early reading and vocabulary deficits often struggle in these areas across development. Although direct instruction is effective for teaching individual vocabulary words, it is time consuming, and may not be sufficient to close the vocabulary gap between good and poor readers. Instruction on deriving the meanings of unknown words from context may help to increase vocabulary knowledge in children with reading and vocabulary deficits. Toward this end, we review the research concerning factors that influence word learning from context and instructional approaches that have been shown to be effective in teaching derivational skills.
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This is the author's accepted manuscript. The original can be found at http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/publications/jcpslp
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Adlof, S.M. & Storkel, H.L. (2006). Learning vocabulary through reading. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language, and Hearing, 8, 110-112. http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/publications/jcpslp
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