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[1] The program teaches wordlearning principles and vocabulary buildingstrategies together inevery lesson. [2] Students who are taught word-learning principlesand vocabulary-building strategies togetherincrease their vocabulary more rapidly than whenthey learn only either one word learning principleor one vocabulary-building strategy a week (Block and Mangieri, 1995/6). [3] Students increase their vocabulary more rapidly. Students develop word consciousness, including theability to think independently about words and use them in meaningful contexts in their school and outside experiences with text. Thusvocabulary learning becomes an on going process. [0] 
Combined Instructionof Word-Learning Principles and Vocabulary-Building Strategies
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