a. definitional and contextual information about word meanings,
b. Involving students actively in word learning, and
c. Using discussion to teach the meanings of new words and to provide meaningful
information about the words.
Learning a list of words and their definitions will not contribute significantly to
vocabulary acquisition. Students need to know how a word functions in various contexts.
To do this, teachers should teach synonyms and antonyms, guide students towards
restating “textbook” definitions in common language, providing examples and non‐
examples, identifying similarities and differences between the new word and related
words.
To help students with contextual information, teachers can have students create
sentences using the new terms, invite students to create a scenario where the word can be
used, discuss the meaning of the same word [e.g. theory, energy, evolution] in different
sentences, and create questions [“Can energy be matter?,” “Could humans have evolved
from apes?”].
From: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/reading/practices/redbk5.pdf
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