Vocabulary Instruction For Academic Success

Learn how students acquire and develop their vocabularies, the academic necessity of a wide vocabulary, and important approaches on how best to help students build their vocabularies. Practical ideas and easy-to-implement strategies for vocabulary instruction are provided, including how to foster wide reading to build vocabulary, create a word-friendly environment, select specific words to be taught, and use literature to teach specific words. Book jacket.

Hallie Kay Yopp, Ph.D., California State University, Fullerton. She co-directs the California State University system's Center for the Advancement of Reading Ruth Helen Yopp, Ph.D., California State University, Fullerton Ashley Bishop, PhD., is a Professor Emeritus from California State University, Fullerton