Stage 2 guidelines for reading: Vocabulary

Here are some vocabulary objectives for Stage 2 for reading:

• To broaden vocabulary to enable you to read about most concrete, everyday topics
• To learn abstract vocabulary at the end of this stage

Here are some vocabulary strategies for Stage 2 guidelines for reading:

• Advance organization

  Look for the theme or topic of any story or article you read. Look for an outline. Often, just knowing the topic is a big help.

• Inference

  Read texts for meaning and mark the words you cannot understand from the context. Later, ask a language associate (LA) to explain words you did not understand in the target language.

  Tip:	If you need to look up many words or ask about so many words that you cannot follow the story, the passage is too difficult for you. Look for something easier.

• Analysis and comparison

  Look for families of related words and words that occur in the same contexts.

Here are some vocabulary techniques for Stage 2 guidelines for reading:

The Discovering Categories technique

• The Illustrated Dictionary or Picture Book technique
• The Text Portfolio technique

Here is an vocabulary activity for Stage 2 guidelines for reading:

Read as much as possible of a variety of materials you can understand and that interest you. Consciously choosing different topics to read about will broaden your vocabulary.

• Generic module: Stage 2 guidelines for reading: Vocabulary
• In overview module: Stage 2: Reading modules
• In modular book: Guidelines for a Language and Culture Learning Program, by Carol J. Orwig
• In document collection: Other Resources
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

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