Instructional

Methods
Struggling Readers English Learners Advanced Learners
Direct instruction
1. Contextual
redefinition
2. Semantic maps
3. Semantic feature
analysis
4. Word sorts
Focus on key
vocabulary words
Teach fewer words
Teach non-technical
academic language
Re-teach content
Provide concrete
examples
Use visual,
kinesthetic, and
tactile activities
Teach cognates
Provide concrete
examples
Build knowledge
of English
morphemes
Teach English
syntax

Increase the pace
and complexity
Extend the depth
and breadth of
instruction (e.g.
challenge ALs to
learn meanings
of words on
topics that other
students would
not cover.)
Independent Word-
Learning Strategies
1. Morphemic
analysis
2. Contextual
analysis
3. Dictionary

Word Consciousness
Independent Reading