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speaking English language learners will have a head start with
these words (such as coincidence/coincidență, admire/admira
and apostrophe/apostrof) because they will know both the
concept and an approximation of the label in English.
c) The Tier 2 words that should be focused on for pre-
teaching including words that cannot be demonstrated and are
not cognates.

Tier 3 words
These words are not frequently used.They are found
mostly in content books in the upper grades or in specific
content areas or domains. These words are rarely encountered
in the early grades, but if they do appear, translation or a brief
explanation is needed in English or in the English language
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learners ' first language.Teaching Tier 3 words must:
a)Use a combination approaches when teaching Tier 3
words.Always try to find an image that is related to the target
word because English language learners, comprehend ideas
better when associated with images.
b) Try to highlight the features. When we point out
the features, English language learners begin to form a
definition using the features
c) The third approach is to provide a non-example, a
word that does not fit the target word’s definition. This strategy
is best used when the English language learners have already
learnt the features of the target word. When a non-example is
offered, a comparison can be made between the target word and
the non-example.
d) The approach that produces the most enduring
understanding of a vocabulary word is: providing multiple
contexts. Provide multiple situations in which the Tier 3
vocabulary word is used.

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