In order to get the student on level, it is critical to address the following components of reading: Phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary instruction and other diverse strategies. ... Phonics serves as the basis for transitioning into vocabulary instruction. Vocabulary instruction for the ELL student must however be inclusive of both academic and social vocabulary and can be taught effectively through graphic organizers, natural conversation, and modeling. ...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I had learned Vocabulary, Grammar, Structure, Public Speaking, Accent, and Pre-TOEFL for about one year. ... Some that I remember the titles are Grammar for Beginners, Speaking for Beginners, Vocabulary and Expression, English for Kids, Learning English through Singing (Kid Songs in Indonesian that I translated into English), and Commonly Used English Expressions. ...

• Word Count: 714
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Pre-k 3 students'mind always wonders, they are at the age where they must learn how to start doing everything on their own, practicing their handwriting by writing their first and last name on paper with a pencil, their motor skills should be flourishing and their vocabulary should sky rocket. ... She told me if gives the students an urge to follow what she's doing too and that means more vocabulary for them to learn and practice saying. ...

• Word Count: 734
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Provide the learners with a list of target vocabulary words. ... Play the video once with no sound and then have the "watcher" describe to the group or partner the scene using as many vocabulary words as possible in the description. ...

• Word Count: 967
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The blend was successful because the students were able to use a subject such as science and use the content as to read and write using academic vocabulary as well as learn the science concepts. It was so successful that the students were heard around the school using their expanded vocabulary and saying how they were no longer in ELD classes. ...

• Word Count: 770
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The blend was successful because the students were able to use a subject such as science and use the content as to read and write using academic vocabulary as well as learn the science concepts. It was so successful that the students were heard around the school using their expanded vocabulary and saying how they were no longer in ELD classes. ...

• Word Count: 770
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

How to Become an A Student? Every student in school desires to be an A student, but it is hard to get an A on the report card. So you need to use the right way to get good grades. First, you need to concentrate in class. The second way is to do your homework daily. And the last one is ...

• Word Count: 343
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

It is a general assumption that comic books are for children and are good for nothing more than rotting young minds. The fact is this statement is very far from the truth. Many, including myself, have learned much about reading, and how to read, from these graphic novels. Now, it pleases me to sa...

• Word Count: 292
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Jean Louise Finch, more commonly known as Scout, shows tremendous types of comparisons and contrasts in the two different dimensional lives of school and home. From the beginning of the book, even more specifically from the first line, Scout shows her knowledge of being educated at a higher level th...

• Word Count: 301
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Over the last decade, research has proven that technology enhanced literary developments such as reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Pearson Education concluded that "a wide range of digital tools enhance reading comprehension and vocabulary development by providing students access to word pronunciation, word meaning, contextual information, and comprehension scaffolds to guide an individual's reading" (O'Hara and Pritchard). ...

• Word Count: 1137
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A second language is never easy to learn. It requires a lot of time and opportunities to practice. However, a motivated learner will be able to find efficient tools in order to accelerate his/her progress. First, a good language course can give a good base and enable the student to practice by hims...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

As I stroll down the aisle and up the stage to acquire my diploma, I will have the same exhilarating feeling that I had experienced three years ago. When I graduate next June I will have graduated from two schools: high school and Chinese school. Subsequently, I will be fluent in three languages: ...

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Living in America can sometimes have its share of difficulties and problems, but at the same time, still be a great "land of opportunities." I was about six years of age when I first moved to this country. Although still young, I had not received such a culture shock like my parents. Being young and...

• Word Count: 774
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• Grade Level: High School

Statistics prove that "African Americans currently score lower than European Americans on vocabulary, reading, and mathematics test, as well as on the test that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence" (NY Times 1). ...

• Word Count: 749
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Once I was taught to learn meanings and examples of vocabulary words, yet no matter how much time I spent I just could not remember them, and now I understand which I did not before; the reason why I could never learn them was because I did not wish to learn, and did not put my heart into it. ...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the same test that Williams talks about, there were reports that many of the students in the strong art based institutions, vocabulary and writing skills improved dramatically over non art based educational facilities. ...

• Word Count: 882
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Language support includes the creation of a writing system, graphization, standardization, the creation of an orthography and grammar, modernization, expansion of the vocabulary and dissemination through support in the schools and proper teacher training. ...

• Word Count: 1076
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The United States is one the world's most ethnically diverse nations, the U.S. attracts immigrants from several countries. One of the most frequent asked questions are, how do we accommodate immigrants and whether to try to fully blend them into the U.S. culture There is a huge controversy ov...

• Word Count: 921
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For class, I was required to read six essays, each centered on the topic of university education, map out their key points, find how the essays connect under the conversation of university education, and how they differ. For my map, I chose to do a simple colored bubble chart with lines connecting e...

• Word Count: 1107
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the SAT which covers mathematics and vocabulary and the ACT that wraps up science and supplementary subjects these are two college prep test that help identify the major fields where students often fail. ...

• Word Count: 1089
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Building Blocks Literacy Program is a kindergarten program, which combines self-selected reading, guided reading, writing, and words with themes and units that are part of every kindergarten day. This program helps teachers teach children reading, writing, and phonics in a developmentally appropriat...

• Word Count: 1150
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School