ABSTRACT

This comprehensive and practical book provides an ideal platform for the provision of effective vocabulary development in children of all abilities. This rigorously tried and tested approach is an outstanding resource that will be an essential addition to any school and classroom and is also an important addition to the materials used by speech and language therapists.

It provides a structured approach to promote vocabulary development in all children. It details a comprehensive and structured approach to learning with a multitude of activities and lesson plans. It adopts a whole school approach but is equally effective for specific classes and groups or individual learners. It is an effective tool to teach children who speak English as an additional language. It particularly suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2.

286pp, A4, spiral bound.

CD resources can also be found here: www.routledge.com/cw/speechmark

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|6 pages

Make Words Count

chapter 4|24 pages

STAR Topic

chapter 5|22 pages

STAR Concepts

chapter 6|18 pages

STAR Literacy

chapter 7|16 pages

STAR Emotions

chapter 9|60 pages

Fun with Words

chapter 10|22 pages

Working with Small Groups

chapter 11|12 pages

Involving Parents

chapter 12|8 pages

Measuring Progress

chapter 13|8 pages

Implementing Word Aware

chapter 14|36 pages

Appendices