What are the basic principles for teaching vocabulary and how might these be implemented?

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Answer 1

The basic principles for teaching vocabulary include the following:
• Establish vocabulary-learning goals with students: Include them in the goal-setting process. Ask: "Why do you want or need to learn new words?"
• When presenting new words, build on what students know: Ask students what they know about new words. For instance, if vehicle is a new word, ask them if they have ever ridden in a vehicle. 
• Build a depth and breadth of meaning: Present a word in several contexts.
• Create an interest in words: Use joke and riddle books to help students see that words can be fun. Explore the histories of words. 
• Relate words to students' lives: Have students give personal examples of new words in their lives: a time when they were mystified or irate or courageous. Encourage students to note examples of encountering words that they have studied recently and share examples of ways in which they have used recently learned words in their writing or speaking.
• Promote independent word learning: Show students how to increase and expand their vocabularies by using the tools of word learning: context, morphemic analysis, glossary, dictionary, and provide opportunities to use these tools.