Curriculum Associates' Topic in Education on Vocabulary Strategies for English-Language Learners consists of two lessons.
Lesson 1 What is academic language proficiency? Challenges faced by English-language learners in building academic language proficiency, and how you can help. Strategies for increasing vocabulary.
Time to complete: approximately 25 minutes.
Lesson 2 Downloadable activities that make learning vocabulary fun and meaningful. Tips and strategies from ELL teachers.
Time to complete: approximately 15 minutes.
To complete the entire topic, with readings and downloads, takes approximately one hour.
