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Vocabulary Development
Vocabulary knowledge has long been recognized as an essential component of reading
comprehension and is a contributing factor for using reading as means of learning. Vocabulary can
and does impact meaningful comprehension of text for struggling through accomplished readers.
Simply put, readers who know the meaning to the words they encounter when reading a text are
more likely to comprehend that text; readers with large vocabularies tend to be more proficient
readers. Therefore, vocabulary emphasis should be a major feature of every reading instruction
program. Vocabulary can be thought of as hooks for background knowledge, concepts about the
world, understanding discipline content, integration of new learning with what is known and
representation of abstract understandings. Simply stated, the breadth and depth of our vocabulary
enables the interaction with and the comprehension of text.
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