Enriching vocabulary in secondary schools

Enriching vocabulary in secondary schools: a practical resource for teachers and speech and language therapists

by Joffe, Victoria

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"Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools explores the importance of vocabulary for academic, social, emotional, and employment outcomes. It describes the vulnerability of vocabulary skills in children and adolescents with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), and suggests practical ways to support them as they learn. The book contains a theoretical overview of vocabulary development in children and adolescents, highlighting its impact on both learning and psychosocial functioning,…

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  • Full title :Enriching vocabulary in secondary schools : a practical resource for teachers and speech and language therapists / Victoria L. Joffe, Hilary Lowe.

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"Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools explores the importance of vocabulary for academic, social, emotional, and employment outcomes. It describes the vulnerability of vocabulary skills in children and adolescents with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), and suggests practical ways to support them as they learn. The book contains a theoretical overview of vocabulary development in children and adolescents, highlighting its impact on both learning and psychosocial functioning, and profiles the vocabulary learning of children with SLCN. It includes a range of programmes, strategies, and resources for vocabulary learning, together with the evidence base and key research underpinning them. Chapters offer a plethora of word-learning activities, ideas, and downloadable resources for implementation in the classroom, in small groups and individually, to meet the needs of pupils with differing levels of language and cognitive ability. An essential resource for speech and language therapists, secondary school teachers and support staff, this book will give readers a deeper understanding of the significance of language, along with an extensive practical toolkit to help teach and enhance the vocabulary learning of older children and young people"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2023

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"A Speechmark Book" -- from cover.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xv, 122 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 31 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781138360402, 1138360406
  • oclc:on1332885571
  • LC Classification:LB1631
  • Dewey Decimal:371.91/4

Table of Contents

What is vocabulary? -- Why is vocabulary support important? -- Word learning and its challenges -- Evidenced vocabulary intervention at all levels of input -- The Vocabulary Enrichment Intervention Programme -- Word Discovery -- More for your toolbox.

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Subjects

Communicative disorders in children Language awareness in children Students with disabilities -- Education… Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Secon…

Writers

Joffe, Victoria Lowe, Hilary

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