English vocabulary for kids

The importance of vocabulary

Why is vocabulary so important?

Vocabulary, much more than grammar, is the key to your child understanding what she hears and reads in school; and to communicating successfully with other people. For this reason it is very important for her to quickly build up a large store of words. Research studies have shown the strong links between having an extensive vocabulary and achieving school success

How can I help my child learn words?

Research studies have shown that in most cases words have to be met 5-7 times before they are admitted to long-term memory. This is how, through reading, we learn the words of our own language. Words are also more easily learned if your child is active - drawing a picture of the word, writing her own definition of it in English or the mother tongue, thinking of an example sentence to use it in. This is better than simply writing the word and its native language equivalent.

You can help by encouraging your child to read at home. More than this, you can test your child on the words she has collected on cards or in a vocabulary book. Your child has been instructed in the various ways that words can be tested, and can instruct you!

 

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