PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Word consciousness can also enable students to grow their vocabulary knowledge and improve their comprehension skills in order to become better readers. It is essential for the teacher to present words in a way that will get students excited about words and promote word consciousness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Word consciousness involves being aware and interested in words and word meanings (Anderson & Nagy, 1992; Graves & Watts-Taffe, 2002) and noticing when and how new words are used (Manzo & Manzo, 2008). Individuals who are word conscious are motivated to learn new words and able to use them skillfully.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Anderson and Nagy (1992), word consciousness is an awareness and interest in words, their meanings, and how they work. And it’s our job to help cultivate a rich environment to allow for many different opportunities for conversations around words and phrases.

Detailed explanation-4: -This means understanding new words in both oral and written language as well as expanding the ability to use words, to understand multiple meanings for the same word, to understand the nuances of using a word, and to understand how a word fits into a larger schema of understanding.

Detailed explanation-5: -talking about the way a word sounds when you say it; discussing the meaning of a word; talking about the way a word looks on the page; trying different ways of using a particular word; challenging each other to use a ‘new word’ later that day; More items