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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1064902
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0155-2147
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Working with Multilingual Learners and Vocabulary Knowledge for Secondary Schools: Developing Word Consciousness
Cox, Robyn; O'Brien, Katherine; Walsh, Maureen; West, Helen
English in Australia, v50 n1 p77-84 2015
This paper reports on a 10 week vocabulary focused intervention based on the Word Generation program (Snow, 2002, 2010; SERP, 2011) in primary and secondary schools, which demonstrated clear improvements, particularly with students who are EAL/D learners. Teachers across English, Science, Maths and Social Sciences developed professional learning communities as they collaboratively planned the systematic introduction and elaboration of abstract academic vocabulary in each of their curriculum areas.
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Secondary School Students, Academic Discourse, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Language Tests, Pretests Posttests, Teacher Attitudes, Focus Groups, Secondary School Teachers, Communities of Practice, Course Content, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Social Studies, Teacher Collaboration, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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