Promoting Students' Vocabulary Development: An Overview (2005)

William Nagy
Seattle Pacific University
2005

Artículo AQUÍ

...it is important to match intensity of instruction with goals and expectations. If students are expected to learn to use a word effectively and appropriately, intensive instruction is necessary – but only a relatively small number of words can be covered with that level of intensity.

Esta parte es realmente importante. Recuerdo que en la U los profesores nos daban un texto, lo leíamos, tal vez contestabamos algunas preguntas, nos daban de tarea escribir algunas oraciones con el texto (casi nunca teníamos la oportunidad de revisar si estaban bien escritas) y luego la prueba pedían que uno escribiese una oración con la palabra. Indudablemente que esto requería trabajo personal extra, pero varios alumnos no lo entendían así...

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