The Imagery-Language Connection for Vocabulary Skills

Submitted by Judy Hanning on Tue, 2017-07-11 15:00
Teaching mechanics are always evolving and this article examines new techniques that are being implemented to make sure that students not only know what words are, but also what they mean. The blurb discuss various different methods such as imagining the meaning of the word to make the definition more ingrained into the students mind and also critical thinking and reading comprehension. The article is important for neuroscience of learning because it teaches the art of learning a language.
Growing up and being taught in a public middle and high school, I often struggle with not knowing the meaning of certain words. I knew how to spell them and say them, but certain ones I wouldn’t be able to tell you what they meant. That’s what this article is discussing is happening with teaching in the modern classroom. They are even going as far as having workshops and visualizing and verbalizing programs to make sure the learning goes off without a hitch.
To thrive in today’s English Language Arts classroom, students need rapid recall of words they know and the ability to capture, learn and remember new terms.
~ Lindamood-Bell

Key Takeaways:

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Vocabulary has become a required skill in the world and to make that inclusive to special needs students and non-English speakers, teachers, are ensuring they are not left behind.
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Teaching a word and its understanding is two different things that teachers often struggle about how to teach.
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The reason behind students becoming burned out is because of lack of the arts and only courses that require memorization and repetition.
Read the full article here:
http://lindamoodbell.com/for-schools/imagery-language-connection-vocabulary-skills