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New study critiques kindergarten vocabulary curricula

Last week, the website Science Daily reported on a recent study that suggested reading curricula in kindergarten classrooms is deficient. Beyond the simple dearth of words taught, the study criticized kindergarten curricula word complexity and lack of review, both crucial aspects of vocabulary learning at any age, and worth looking at more closely. Continue reading...
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Word RoutesExploring the pathways of our lexicon

A "Steep Learning Curve" for "Downton Abbey"

Last year, Season 2 of the popular British TV series "Downton Abbey" yielded a bumper crop of linguistic anachronisms. In Season 3, now airing stateside on PBS, the out-of-place language has continued. There was a particularly glaring anachronism in the most recently aired episode: "steep learning curve." Continue reading...
Topics: Language Words Usage

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List of the Week: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan"

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/A stately pleasure dome decree": Learn vocabulary from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1797 poem "Kubla Khan" with this interactive "Kubla Khan" Vocabulary List.

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Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Feb. 6, 2013

Ten Words from Today's NY Times - Feb. 6, 2013

Learn Ten Words from Today's Times - Feb. 6, 2013.

Then see "Vocabulary Begets Vocabulary: The More You Know, the More You Learn" to understand why learning these words will help you absorb even more as you read.

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U.S. News Names Vocabulary.com a "Website for High School Teachers to Try"

Here at Vocabulary.com headquarters, we love to see the word getting out about what we're doing, as when Time and PC Magazine both included us on their year-end lists of top websites. But it's especially gratifying when Vocabulary.com gets showcased as a tool for educators, as U.S. News & World Report has done by naming us one of "3 Websites for High School Teachers to Try in 2013." Continue reading...
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Why Corporate Words Rankle

In a comment on recent Blog post "Words We Love to Hate," Vocabulary.com user Sarah S. referenced the dreaded language of corporate speak: "Words like leverage, gamification, user interface, audience engagement, strategise...when I see the words 'align with' my aorta nearly pops!" And Sarah S. is not by any stretch of the imagination the first person to take issue with the language of corporate ladder climbing (or ladder clinging, as the case may be). Continue reading...
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Getting "In" to Prefixes

Flexible and inflexible are opposites, but flammable and inflammable are not. Why is this? From a morphological and contextual perspective, Susan Ebbers discusses how to help students come to grips with confusing words, including inflammable, impregnable, and infamous. Continue reading...
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