Diction

Enhancing a student's vocabulary is one of the most important aspects of teaching a learner to read and to comprehend text. It is especially important if the learner comes from a background that was not nourishing and enriching. The article in which that the author talked about the 'ten important words' was very interesting to me and certainly practical for the classroom that I have been working in. During my lesson last week we were reading a story out of the literature book and I would stop after each paragraph and talk about some of the tougher vocabulary and the key words that they book identified.

I think that the strategy described in the book could certainly be effective, however I wonder how that would work with the time constraints that we have. I can definitely see that working in more of a one on one context or a smaller classroom. I think the teacher could certainly tie this strategy into a 'Word of the day' type activity and be more time effective. Nevertheless, I think it is essential as teachers that we explain our diction and the tough words that are being used in all subject areas and create an enriching classroom environment.