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Vocabulary & concepts

The teaching of vocabulary is a significant issue in all sciences, as discussed in Language in science - subject-specific words in science are "necessary compressions of complex concepts" without which discussion in science would be clumsy and tedious. But how can such vocabulary be presented to students in as efficient a way as possible? Let us begin by proposing a definition of 'efficient' in this context....


Tags: vocabulary, skills, context

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