There are effective techniques for teaching vocabulary, but it's impossible to explicitly teach all the words kids need to become proficient readers. Vocabulary is key to reading comprehension, and ...

This week’s question is: What are the best instructional strategies for vocabulary development? All educators in all subjects have to teach vocabulary. If our students don’t know the meanings of the ...

There is a particular kind of reader — the sort who delights in words like jeremiad, philippic, or omnium gatherum— who will ...

As many educators and researchers will attest, there’s no exact science to choosing vocabulary words—no inherent reason the word “detest” is more important to teach than “despise,” or why “compassion” ...

Crossplay challenges you to expand your word choices. So how exactly do you do that? By Julia Carpenter Almost every day for the last 24 years, my father and I have traded emails about ...

Given the fact that word games depend heavily upon words, it means that players need to have not just a strong vocabulary but also strong word association skills. That will offer them a significant ...

Do you want a bigger vocabulary? For most entrepreneurs and business leaders, the answer is yes. It’s embarrassing to admit that you don’t understand a word someone else has used. Not admitting it can ...

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Navneeth Murali would strongly prefer for the Scripps National Spelling Bee to get rid of the onstage, multiple-choice vocabulary questions that were introduced to the ...