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Semantics: Why Do You
Need to Know Something About Semantics?
English language learners are faced with the dual challenge of learning the language AND learning the content material. With every successive academic year, the curriculum becomes more and more in-depth and technical. The amount of vocabulary that students need to know in order to read and comprehend grade-level texts is considerable. Therefore, it behooves us as educators to understand some basic principles of semantics so that we can help our students tackle the vocabulary that they will be confronting.
English language learners are faced with the dual challenge of learning the language AND learning the content material. With every successive academic year, the curriculum becomes more and more in-depth and technical. The amount of vocabulary that students need to know in order to read and comprehend grade-level texts is considerable. Therefore, it behooves us as educators to understand some basic principles of semantics so that we can help our students tackle the vocabulary that they will be confronting.