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Assisting students in practicing in structural analysis will provide them with a way to not only pronounce and identify a word, but also to unlock the meaning by considering the word parts used in the structure of the word.  \nStructural analysis activities help students learn how to use what they already understand about words and word parts so that they can add it into their arsenal of word attack tools. Even the creation of nonsense words, using a variety of affixes, base words, and root words can support in their word knowledge . Put Reading First (2001) stated that “knowing some common prefixes and suffixes (affixes), base words, and root words can help students learn the meanings of many new words” and that “if students learn just the four most common prefixes in English (un‐, re‐, in‐, dis‐), they will have important clues about the meaning of about two thirds of all English words that have prefixes”(p. 38) .  \nStructural Analysis Do you know this word?  \ntriskaidekaphobia  \nCan you determine the meaning of the word by looking for prefixes, root words, and suffixes?  \nLet’s give it a try!  \nTriskaidekaphobia  \nLook at these word parts:  \n• Tris – three  \n• Kai – and  \n• Deka – ten  \n• Phobia – fear of  \nLet’s see the word in context.  \nThe man refused to stay on the thirteenth floor of the hotel because of his severe triskaidekaphobia.  \nLet’s try this one!  \npneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis  \npneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis  \nLook at these word parts:  \n• Pneumono – having to do with the lungs  \n• Ultra – extreme  \n• Micro – small  \n• Scopic – looking  \n• Silico – like sand  \n• Volcano – volcano  \n• Konis – dust  \n• Osis – disorder or condition  \nConcept of Definition Map  \nThe idea is that it's not enough to know how a word is defined in a dictionary sense . Consider what happens with the following word that many 9th graders reading To Kill a Mockingbird may not have encountered before:  \necclesiastical  \nDefinition: \"of or related to a church\"  \nExample of Appropriate Use in a Sentence: The minister's ecclesiastical robes danced in echo to his wild gestures from the pulpit.  \nExample of Sentence Written by a Student: Church members are reminded to park in the ecclesiastical parking lot, rather than in the shopping center across the street.  \nBesides the fact that \"ecclesiastical\" is probably not central to students'understanding of the themes of To Kill a Mockingbird, it remains that the definition they were given is too one‐dimensional. They have not experienced its richness of meaning, nor the shades of meaning that help us distinguish words more precisely from one another. The best way for students to comprehend a new vocabulary term is for them to experience it. A concept of definition map helps broaden their experience of new words .","cbCaifMFd7DLsvyb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifMFd7DLsvyb","pdf",495553,65,"English","# Vocabulary skills and teaching goals\n## Structural Analysis\n## Structural analysis examples\n## Concept of Definition Map","[{\"question\":\"What are the three main goals of teaching vocabulary described in the document?\",\"answer\":\"The document focuses on building learners’ initial vocabulary, developing understanding of what it means to learn words, and showing how to learn words most effectively.\"},{\"question\":\"How does structural analysis help students learn new vocabulary?\",\"answer\":\"Students examine visual patterns and word parts, such as inflectional endings, prefixes, suffixes, and roots, to unlock pronunciation and meaning by analyzing the structure of words.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of a concept of definition map?\",\"answer\":\"It expands learning beyond a one-dimensional dictionary definition by helping students experience a word’s meaning through richer context and examples, including sentences written by students.\"}]","Teaching Vocabulary - Structural Analysis and Definition Map Strategies | PDF",1790604373,164]