Lessons in the Teaching of Vocabulary From September 11 and Harry Potter

Considers that the comparison between children's success in learning new names in the Harry Potter books versus the relative failure of adults to learn new names connected to the September 11th attacks provides a real-world situation from which principles can be deduced to help educators succee...

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Published inJournal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 254 - 260
Main Authors Nilsen, Alleen Pace, Nilsen, Don L. F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken International Reading Association 01.11.2002
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Adolescents
Adult education
Adult literacy
Children
Class Activities
Cognition & reasoning
Elementary Secondary Education
Eyes
Instructional Innovation
Killing
Language arts
Language Patterns
Learning
Morphemes
September 11th Attacks
Slogans
Terrorism
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Development
Vocabulary instruction
Vocabulary learning
Words
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Summary:Considers that the comparison between children's success in learning new names in the Harry Potter books versus the relative failure of adults to learn new names connected to the September 11th attacks provides a real-world situation from which principles can be deduced to help educators succeed in teaching vocabulary lessons. Offers classroom activities based on the Harry Potter books. (SG)
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706