Enriching Vocabulary in Secondary Schools explores the importance of vocabulary for academic, social, emotional, and employment outcomes. It describes the vulnerability of vocabulary skills in children and adolescents with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), and suggests practical ways to support them as they learn.
The book contains a theoretical overview of vocabulary development in children and adolescents, highlighting its impact on both learning and psychosocial functioning, and profiles the vocabulary learning of children with SLCN. It includes a range of programmes, strategies, and resources for vocabulary learning, together with the evidence base and key research underpinning them. Chapters offer a plethora of word-learning activities, ideas, and downloadable resources for implementation in the classroom, in small groups and individually, to meet the needs of pupils with differing levels of language and cognitive ability.
An essential resource for speech and language therapists, secondary school teachers and support staff, this book will give readers a deeper understanding of the significance of language, along with an extensive practical toolkit to help teach and enhance the vocabulary learning of older children and young people.
About the Author: Victoria L. Joffe is a specialist speech and language therapist and Professor of Speech and Language Therapy and Dean of the School of Health and Social Care at The University of Essex. Victoria is co-editor of the journal, Child Language Teaching and Therapy. Victoria's expertise is in assessment and intervention of individuals with Speech, Language and Communication Needs across the lifespan.
Hilary Lowe is a speech and language therapist with a special interest in developmental language disorder in adolescence. She has wide-ranging clinical, research, and lecturing experience. Hilary is a contributor to Supporting Adolescents with Language Disorders and author of Sunny's Sound Play.
