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McKeowna  \nPurpose: This clinical focus article will highlight the importance of vocabulary instruction, in particular, thinking about instruction in terms of focusing students’ attention on words and their uses. Vocabulary knowledge that supports literacy and academic learning is extensive and multidimensional. Many learners accumulate high-quality vocabulary knowledge independently, through wide reading and rich language environments that provide abundant practice with words and language forms. However, instruction in vocabulary provides a more efficient way of getting that job done, especially for learners who are less likely to be experiencing rich language interactions, for example, because they struggle with reading and do little of it on their own.  \nMethod: Three aspects of vocabulary instruction, choosing words to teach, the inclusion of morphological information, and the importance of engaging students in interactions around words, will be explored. Considerations in choosing words include their role in the language and their utility to students. Morphology will be discussed in terms of using Latin roots in instruction as a resource for unlocking new word meanings and a framework for understanding language.  \nConclusion: Effective instruction means bringing students’attention to words in ways that promote not just knowing word meanings but also understanding how words work and how to utilize word knowledge effectively.  \nH  \now many words do you know? You deal with an abundance of words every day, comfortably and fluently. You are breezing along in this text right  \nnow with hardly a thought to what you know about each word. However, you have no idea, no way of knowing, just how many words you know. So many words are available to us to process with ease, yet an accounting of those words is beyond our reach. This illustrates why it is hard to geta handle on the role and importance of vocabulary learning. Just as the extent and depth of one’s knowledge remains elusive, it is hard to understand the extent and depth of knowledge that needs to be acquired by students for them to experience literacy and academic success. Learning—and teaching—vocabulary is a bit of a stealthy process.  \nThe most obvious aspect of a word’s meaning is its definition. However, knowing a definition is by no means the  \naDepartment of Instruction and Learning, University of Pittsburgh, PA, Emerita  \nCorrespondence [to Margaret G. McKeown: mckeown@pitt.edu](to Margaret G. McKeown: mckeown@pitt.edu)  \n[Editor-in-Chief: Suzanne Adlof](Editor-in-Chief: Suzanne Adlof)  \nEditor: Holly Storkel Received October 31, 2018  \nRevision received February 5, 2019  \nAccepted February 25, 2019  \n[https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-VOIA-18-0126](https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_LSHSS-VOIA-18-0126)  \nPublisher Note: This article is part of the Forum: Vocabulary Across the School Grades.  \nessence of word knowledge. A rich variety of information is needed about each word in order to support high-quality literacy and academic learning. Useful theoretical perspectiveson word knowledge have been offered by many scholars (e.g., McKeown, Deane, Scott, Krovetz, & Lawless, 2017; Nagy & Scott, 2000; Perfetti, 2007) . The emphases in their perspectives differ, but three key characteristics are clear in all three:  \n1. There are many aspects to know about a word, including features of its meaning, situations in which it is used, associations with other words, and how it behaves syntactically in context.  \n2. Words are polysemous; their meanings are not static but shift according to context. These shifts may be large or subtle; for example, accommodate can mean physically providing room for someone and providing for someone’s need or request, or it can take a more metaphorical sense of being able to understand a new idea that may challenge your per","cbCaisExHMdPxvPF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisExHMdPxvPF","pdf",134590,11,"English","# Purpose\n## Method\n## Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"Why is vocabulary instruction important for literacy and academic learning?\",\"answer\":\"Vocabulary knowledge is multidimensional and supports both literacy development and academic learning. Instruction helps learners access efficient pathways to word knowledge, especially when independent language experiences are limited.\"},{\"question\":\"What aspects of vocabulary instruction does the article plan to explore?\",\"answer\":\"It explores choosing words to teach, including morphological information, and engaging students in interactions around words, with attention to each word’s role and usefulness for students.\"},{\"question\":\"How does effective instruction support both knowing word meanings and understanding word behavior?\",\"answer\":\"Effective instruction focuses students’ attention on words in ways that promote not only knowing meanings but also understanding how words work and how to utilize that knowledge across contexts.\"}]","Effective Vocabulary Instruction Fosters Knowing Words, Using Words, and Understanding How Words Work | PDF",1790584946,28]