Language learning, at its most effective, is active and engaging. It taps into a student’s natural desire to communicate. Passive activities like writing a vocabulary word five times, copying ...

This three-part series will be sharing a wide-range of instructional strategies to help our students acquire the vocabulary necessary to become successful in school and in life. We'll start off ...

In a world where clear expression is power, strengthening your vocabulary isn’t about memorization — it’s about meaningful usage. This story explores ...

By integrating technology into vocabulary instruction, teachers can amplify traditional strategies to create more engaging and effective learning experiences. Tools like Flippity, AnswerGarden, ...

Preparation for the Bee doesn’t mean an undeterred rote-learning of the word list. It is imperative to ‘know’ your words inside-out. A good student is acquainted with the definition, ...

Adult second-language (L2) learning is often claimed to be slow and laborious compared to native language (L1) acquisition, but little is known about the rate of L2 word learning. Here we report ...