Academic Language in K-12: What Is It, How Is It Learned, and How Can We Measure It?

Using Beck, McKeown and Kucan’s (2002) three-tiered model as a general framework for vocabulary, this article sheds light on the construct of academic vocabulary and how it might be measured. Using illustrative writing samples of student work of different genres and drawing on corpus based studies,...

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Main Author: Hetty Roessingh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BC TEAL 2016-12-01
Series:BC TEAL Journal
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Online Access:https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/235