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Author Nagy, William E.

Title Teaching vocabulary to improve reading comprehension / William E. Nagy
Published [Urbana, Ill.?] : ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, 1988

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 MELB  428.407 Nag/Tvt  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 42 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Reasons for failure of vocabulary instruction -- Partial word knowledge -- Problems of traditional methods of vocabulary instruction -- Qualities of effective vocabulary instruction -- Efficiency of vocabulary instruction -- The trade-off between effective instruction and incidental learning
Summary Explains how teachers can use vocabulary instruction to improve the reading comprehension of their students
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 40-42
Subject Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- United States.
Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
Reading comprehension -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- United States.
Author ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills.
International Reading Association.
National Council of Teachers of English.
LC no. 88024618
ISBN 0814152384 (National Council of Teachers of English)
0872071510 (International Reading Association)