93. Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley

This is the second episode in a series on vocabulary and literacy. The first was episode 91 (Vocabulary Development). Closing the Vocabulary Gap is a slightly longer book on vocabulary than Vocabulary Development was, and peeks into the domain of literacy more generally. In this episode, we will focus on the following questions: What is the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension? (Does learning vocabulary increase your reading comprehension? Or is there no direct connection - maybe smarter people just do better at both?) How many words do people know? And why is this question important? How do people learn words from context? How should you teach vocabulary? The next part of the series will be focused on learning to read, which builds on knowledge from this book. Enjoy the episode.