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The importance of digital resources
in teaching vocabulary

prof. Nicoleta Daniela Pârâiac
Școala Gimnazială Vulturu, Vrancea

Vocabulary influences fluency, comprehension, and
student achievement. In addition, a broad vocabulary is
important for effective speaking, listening, reading, and
writing. Vocabulary is a foundational component of an
effective K-12 comprehensive literacy framework. And,
vocabulary plays an important role in most academic standards.
The word knowledge allows students to comprehend a
text. A student's proficiency in reading comprehension is
determined by his/her level of word knowledge.Therefore, it is
vitally important to teach the specific words children need to
understand the message of the texts they interact with, learn the
information in those contexts, and have the expected results.
Vocabulary aquisition is especially important English
language learners for their ability to read and comprehend
texts. The selection of vocabulary words to teach English
language learners can be grouped into three tiers.

Tier 1 words
Tier 1 commonly appear in spoken language. These are
words that English language learners typically know. Due o
their frequent usage in various contexts and with nonverbal
communication, Tier 1 words rarely need explicit
instruction.Teaching Tier 1 words must:
a) Some Tier 1 words cannot be demonstrated and do

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