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Wasik ■ Charlene Iannone-Campbell  \nTalking with children and purposefully integrating new words in daily  \nconversations can help build children’s vocabulary. Suggestions for  \nincorporating vocabulary from read-alouds throughout daily activities are  \npresented.  \nV  \nocabulary development plays a critical role in young children’s learning to read and, as a result, their overall success in school (Storch & Whitehurst, 2002; Whitehurst  \n& Lonigan, 1998). However, vocabulary remains one of the most difficult skills to teach (Dickinson, Freiberg, & Barnes, 2011; Neuman & Dwyer, 2009). Research suggests that providing opportunities forchildren to talk and use language in meaningful contexts can promote vocabulary development in preschoolers (Dickinson, Golinkoff, & HirschPasek, 2010). Although promoting conversations in  \nclassrooms can increase children’s use of language, we suggest that to develop children’s vocabulary, teachers need to engage children in purposeful, strategic conversations that focus on the explicit development of vocabulary words and help children  \nBarbara A. Wasik is a professor and PNC chair in Early Childhood Education at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;  \ne-mail [bwasik@temple.edu](bwasik@temple.edu).  \nCharlene Iannone-Campbell is the director of early learning for Baltimore City Schools, Maryland, USA; e-mail [cicampbell@bcps.k12.md.us](cicampbell@bcps.k12.md.us).  \nThe Reading Teacher Vol. 66 Issue 2 pp. 321–332 DOI:10.1002/TRTR.01095 © 2012 International Reading Association R  T   \n321  \n322  \nDEVELOPING VOCABULARY THROUGH PURPOSEFUL , STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS  \nconstruct the meaning of words through multiple activities and experiences.  \nPurposeful, strategic conversations are very different from the majority of conversations that adults have with children. As we discuss in this article, although all opportunities for conversations with children have value, purposeful, strategic conversations can be designed to explicitly develop children’s understanding and use of vocabulary to develop young children’sword knowledge.  \nThis article begins with a brief review of the research on the important role that vocabulary development plays in young children’s learning and a discussion of the nature of vocabulary instruction in preschool programs. Then, a description of the distinction between conversations versus purposeful, strategic conversations will be presented, along with specific examples to clarify the differences. Finally, opportunities to implement purposeful, strategic conversations during specific classroom activities such as book reading are discussed.  \nThe Importance  \nof Vocabulary Development  \nVocabulary development is one of the most important skills young children  \n\n| Pause and Ponder |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| ■ Who is doing the talking in your |\n| classroom? |\n| ■ How do you keep vocabulary from read- |\n| alouds as part of your daily conversations |\n| and activities? |\n|  |\n| ■ How much wait time do you give children |\n| to respond? |\n\nneed to acquire to be successful in learning to read and in school. In most cases, young children acquire welldeveloped vocabulary from experiences with linguistically competent adults who scaffold children’s language using rich and varied language. Specifically, research has also shown that the preschool years are a critical time for oral language and vocabulary development.  \nA recent meta-analysis found a high correlation between preschool language skills and reading competence at the end of first and second grade (National Early Literacy Panel [NELP], 2009). Other studies have shown that language in the preschool years predicts reading in the later elementary grades (e.g., fourth grade) and middle school (Dickinson & Porche, 2011; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Early Child Care Research Network, 2005; Storch & Whitehurst, 2002; Walk","cbCaikWGk528rZMM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikWGk528rZMM","pdf",799661,12,"English","# The Importance of Vocabulary Development\n## Purposeful, strategic conversations vs. typical talk\n## Opportunities to implement conversation during classroom activities","[{\"question\":\"Why is vocabulary development important for young children?\",\"answer\":\"Vocabulary development is fundamental for learning to read and for success in school. 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