Language & Vocabulary

Teaching an undergrad class?

Learning the language is key to understanding, and one of the reasons students struggle with comprehension is because they don't understand the "language" being used in the sub-specialty. One of the ways to reinforce learning is to have students pay attention to the vocabulary words at the end of the chapter is most textbooks. Either have them write out definitions to vocabulary words each week, and also use the word in a sentence, or construct an oral class quiz using the vocabulary words.