Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools

Name: Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138360402
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A Practical Resource for Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists

By Victoria Joffe and Hilary Lowe

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Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools highlights the crucial role that vocabulary plays in academic success, social interaction, emotional wellbeing, and future employment. The book examines challenges faced by children and adolescents with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) and offers practical strategies to support their vocabulary development. Including a solid theoretical foundation and a wealth of word-learning activities, it equips educators and therapists with resources adaptable for classrooms, small groups, and individual support, addressing varied language and cognitive abilities.
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Ideal for speech and language therapists, secondary school teachers, support staff, and professionals involved in adolescent education and language development.

This book explains the importance of vocabulary for academic, emotional, and employment outcomes. It describes the vulnerability of vocabulary skills in children and adolescents with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), and provides a wide range of practical activities, ideas and resources for promoting vocabulary development.

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Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools explores the importance of vocabulary for academic, social, emotional, and employment outcomes. It describes the vulnerability of vocabulary skills in children and adolescents with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), and suggests practical ways to support them as they learn.

The book contains a theoretical overview of vocabulary development in children and adolescents, highlighting its impact on both learning and psychosocial functioning, and profiles the vocabulary learning of children with SLCN. It includes a range of programmes, strategies, and resources for vocabulary learning, together with the evidence base and key research underpinning them. Chapters offer a plethora of word-learning activities, ideas, and downloadable resources for implementation in the classroom, small groups, and individually to meet the needs of pupils with differing levels of language and cognitive ability.

An essential resource for speech and language therapists, secondary school teachers, and support staff, this book will give readers a deeper understanding of the significance of language, along with an extensive practical toolkit to help teach and enhance the vocabulary learning of older children and young people.

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This book is praised for its evidence-based approach and innovative vocabulary-building activities. Marilyn A. Nippold, PhD, commends it as a valuable resource for speech-language pathologists and educators working with adolescents, highlighting its state-of-the-art practice. Trish Hicken, a specialist language teacher, emphasises its unique blend of clinical knowledge and practical strategies for whole-class teaching, calling it essential reading for secondary school staff.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138360402

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 1 Tables, color; 16 Tables, black and white; 49 Line drawings, color; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 49 Illustrations, color; 7 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 138

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Education & Reference Hilary Lowe Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Victoria Joffe

About the Author

Victoria L. Joffe is a specialist speech and language therapist and Professor of Speech and Language Therapy and Dean of the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex, UK. Victoria is co-editor of the journal Child Language Teaching and Therapy. Victoria’s expertise is in the assessment and intervention of individuals with speech, language, and communication needs across the life span.

Hilary Lowe is a speech and language therapist with a doctorate in vocabulary intervention for adolescents. She has wide-ranging clinical, research, and lecturing experience. Hilary is a contributor to Supporting Adolescents with Language Disorders and the author of Sunny’s Sound Play.