Achieving Vocabulary Excellence - A.V.E. - in the K-12 Classroom
Improving academic vocabulary is something that an overwhelming number of teachers, schools, and school districts find challenging. Year after year, getting better at teaching and learning vocabulary remains the key focus. While there are many examples of incredible gains that schools have achieved, for most schools these gains in vocabulary comprehension and usage are far from enough.
If Academic Vocabulary Acquisition is a priority for your teachers, AVE {Achieving Vocabulary Excellence} is what you need.
TESOL Trainers provides highly engaging, experiential professional development that empowers teachers to improve their vocabulary teaching skills and integrate the strategies into their classroom practices.
Our K12 professional development for remote/online instruction will change how your teachers and students approach learning. TESOL Trainers offers a highly experiential look at teaching and learning vocabulary that will have a powerful impact on how teachers and students interact with vocabulary.
If Academic Vocabulary Acquisition is a priority for your teachers, AVE {Achieving Vocabulary Excellence} is what you need.
TESOL Trainers provides highly engaging, experiential professional development that empowers teachers to improve their vocabulary teaching skills and integrate the strategies into their classroom practices.
Our K12 professional development for remote/online instruction will change how your teachers and students approach learning. TESOL Trainers offers a highly experiential look at teaching and learning vocabulary that will have a powerful impact on how teachers and students interact with vocabulary.
If you would like to organize professional development for your district or school, contact us directly to discuss options.
Why is teaching (or learning) vocabulary so difficult?
 John Kongsvik models conversation circles to maximize speaking opportunities.
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Of the many challenges teachers help students overcome, Vocabulary Acquisition is cited as the most urgent.
Here are the top 5 complaints that teachers share about vocabulary:
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Why is Vocabulary Challenging to Learn?
Look at it from the student's perspective
Reasons Students Don't Like Learning VocabularyThere are a lot of reasons that students may be turned off by vocabulary learning in the classroom. Here are some of the common things that students say:
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Why is Vocabulary Challenging to Teach?
Look at it from the teacher's perspective
Reasons Teachers Don't Like Teaching VocabularyThere are a lot of reasons that teachers may be turned off by vocabulary learning in the classroom. Here are some of the common things that teachers say:
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Achieving Vocabulary Excellence Transforms Vocabulary Teaching & Learning
TESOL Trainers can empower your educators with dozens of strategies and techniques that will engage their students and energize vocabulary learning. TESOL Trainers' use of the experiential learning cycle helps teachers develop confidence and competence that they will be successful trying out the practical techniques teachers gain during the workshop.
Strategies to Increase Academic Language Acquisition
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Fortunately, there are many research-based strategies and techniques to really Achieve Vocabulary Excellence in the classroom and among all students, not just the high performers. Here are a few examples of the types of strategies that will empower your teachers:
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Learning & teaching vocabulary can be both enjoyable and efficient.
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Teachers need to change the way they teach & the way their students learn.
There are many things that teachers do when working with vocabulary that are either ineffective, inefficient, or both. Some things teachers can modify (like not spend sooooo much time on memorizing definitions). Other things teachers can adopt (like letting students use the vocabulary more than the teacher does).
TESOL Trainers will set your teachers and students up for success with online PD!
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TESOL Trainers offers a powerful set of professional development that will dramatically transform the way that vocabulary is learned and taught at school.
Contact John Kongsvik, the director of TESOL Trainers, to discuss how we can set you up for success.™ Our remote professional development training sessions will fill teachers with scores of strategies, dozens of easy-to-implement techniques and an amazing array of tips that will instigate effective learning by inspiring effective teaching. Here are just a few things that will make a profound difference in how vocabulary is taught and learned after attending our remote PD: |
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