HOW TO TEACH VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

Abstract

Abstract: Understanding why and how to teach vocabulary in context has been quite a controversial topic, so far. Some teachers are still learning to master. One of the main challenges of teaching reading is knowing whether your students are comprehending the text and the vocabulary in it. Often times, we observe how students read effortlessly and fluently a reading passage. We get excited when they decode multisyllabic words with little hesitation. Then we look up from our clipboards and try to check their comprehension though context, asking “Ok, now tell me what that was about.”Comprehension and fluency should be looked at with completely seperate lenses. In fact, a student’s reading level may highly decrease when linked directly with comprehension. So what is the point if students are decoding with ease but not comprehending, at all?