Teaching Vocabulary by Diane Snowball

About this teaching resource

The information provided in this document Teaching Vocabulary by Diane Snowball is based on the research and practices outlined in texts such as those by Beck & McKeown (2002) and Farstrup and Samuels (2008), listed in the references. 

There is so much known about best practices in vocabulary teaching and learning and the importance of students having a strong and growing vocabulary that ALL teachers at ALL levels and in ALL domains should be teaching vocabulary effectively.

This article is divided into two sections:

PART 1: Vocabulary and Reading

PART 2: The major ways to extend students’ vocabulary knowledge for listening, speaking, reading and writing