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Balchowics & Fisher (2014) highlight the three word mnemonic 'Flood, Fast, Focus' for teaching vocabulary to help teachers consider the choices they have to make.
FLOOD: you should flood your classroom with words related to your topic of study. Don't expect students to learn all of the words, but strive to create an engaging environment where topically related terms form a backdrop for incidental learning.
FAST: use fast instruction for terms where an easy definition or analogy will build on knowledge which the students already have. Identify the word, provide a synonym, give an example of use, and then ask students to provide their own connection or synonym.
FOCUS: use focused instruction for words where deeper, semantically rich teaching of a new concept is required. Definitional and contextual information is required, and students will require multiple exposures to the word.
FLOOD: you should flood your classroom with words related to your topic of study. Don't expect students to learn all of the words, but strive to create an engaging environment where topically related terms form a backdrop for incidental learning.
FAST: use fast instruction for terms where an easy definition or analogy will build on knowledge which the students already have. Identify the word, provide a synonym, give an example of use, and then ask students to provide their own connection or synonym.
FOCUS: use focused instruction for words where deeper, semantically rich teaching of a new concept is required. Definitional and contextual information is required, and students will require multiple exposures to the word.