Teaching and learning vocabulary

"Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning during the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension." "This book is suitable for anyone (graduate students, in-service reading specialists and curriculum directors, college faculty and researchers) who deals with vocabulary learning and instruction as a vital component of reading proficiency."--Jacket.