This video lesson offers a tip for learning new vocabulary words by saying the word and its definition aloud. This stimulates the brain and activates prior knowledge which helps you remember the word. It also covers what to do if you can't pronounce a word including using dictionary.com's sound icon. It also provides an example. Real Player is required.

Concepts

pronunciation

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Additional Tags

dictionary.com, say word aloud, vocabulary building, sophia learning, sophia english, vocabulary

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

L.6.6 L.8.6 L.7.6 L.6.4.c L.11-12.4.c L.9-10.4.c L.8.4.c L.7.4.c L.11-12.4.d