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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
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1. A teacher’s best friend in the effort to increase an elementary student’s vocabulary is the student’s own motivation to discover meaning. Drilling lists of words seldom takes place at a time when the student feels a need to know those words; it fails to use the natural motivation for learning the associations between word and meaning. Learning through reading faces the opposite problem: not enough information about the word is available at the moment the student is
motivated to learn its meaning.
Q) I was wondering what the first sentence means. It seems some other meaning other than a direct interpretation.
Also, how to interpret "in the effort" in the first sentence?
motivated to learn its meaning.
Q) I was wondering what the first sentence means. It seems some other meaning other than a direct interpretation.
Also, how to interpret "in the effort" in the first sentence?
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It is direct and literal except for "friend" which is used figuratively to mean "something that is helpful or useful". When teachers make an effort to increase a student’s vocabulary, the student’s own motivation to discover meaning is a very useful aid.
- It is direct and literal except for "friend" which is used figuratively to mean "something that is helpful or useful".
- When teachers make an effort to increase a student’s vocabulary, the student’s own motivation to discover meaning is a very useful aid.
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It is direct and literal except for "friend" which is used figuratively to mean "something that is helpful or useful". When teachers make an effort to increase a student’s vocabulary, the student’s own motivation to discover meaning is a very useful aid.
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