vocabulary acquisition

Why Do We Teach Vocabulary?

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Why Do We Teach Vocabulary? It is crucial that children have explicit and robust instruction in vocabulary, to support their verbal and written communication. The explicit teaching of vocabulary allows students to access academic language and discourse, and facilitates their comprehension of increasingly complex texts. Why do we need to learn vocabulary? A robust vocabulary

What Is Fast Mapping Vocabulary?

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What Is Fast Mapping Vocabulary? Fast mapping is an approach to vocabulary acquisition. Fast mapping is the cognitive process of acquiring novel vocabulary though a brief exposure to the word and its referent (McLaughlin, 1998). Typically developing children acquire vocabulary through fast mapping. What are fast mapping skills? In cognitive psychology, fast mapping is the