What Is Developing Vocabulary?

Developing Vocabulary Vocabulary development is something that seems very easy to teach, but in all honesty is one of the most difficult skills not only to teach but also to master. From a young age students start building their vocabulary through several strategies. The most obvious one is of course reading. Children of all ages love stories and fairytales. They love to sit down and listen to their parents or teachers go on and on about situations that would only happen in their dreams. But as children grow up, their love for reading, more often than not, diminishes little by little. Either because they are not interested or because they simply have other hobbies. This plays a big part as to why students’ vocabulary development suffers a hit. However, the first strategy that helps students build up their vocabulary is speaking. When children are young, parents start encouraging them to speak. Parents spend countless hours trying to get their kids to say “mama” or “papa” and they even make competitions on which word their child is going to say first. According to Wasik, “Research suggest that providing opportunities for children to talk and use …show more content…
Without this skill, children will struggle to be successful in reading and writing in school. According to the article Developing Vocabulary Through Purposeful, Strategic Conversations, Wasik states, “In most cases, young children acquire well-developed vocabulary from experiences with linguistically competent adults who scaffold children’s language using rich and varied language (322).” Teachers should be putting this to practice and implementing these strategies from the very beginning. This will help children build a strong foundation from the start of their educational career. Children will develop a strong vocabulary, therefore making it difficult to achieve to a higher level