Vocabulary

Strategies that help students to build their vocabulary are an essential learning tool for students. Teachers should look to utilize any strategies that are available to help students expand their knowledge of words. There are many strategies that are available to help students broaden their exposure to various words. In my tutoring session this semester I was able to use different strategies to help my student. My must effective strategy used was the exclusion brainstorming strategy. In this strategy I allowed my student to view a list of related and unrelated vocabulary words. I told the student the topic and allowed the student to identify and define words and determine if he thought certain words had anything to do with the topic then the student read the story and the list again and give more comments about the vocabulary. I like this strategy because the student knew that the words I gave were essential to the story so the words had meaning or a purpose. At the end I always ask the students to tell me which words would he probably use or see in the future. I tried to explain to the student that words serve a purpose and that he should incorporate some of the new words into his writings. Most importantly I think that teachers should use words that the students may use in the future not just random ones.