Vocabulary SIG Business Meeting

Session Type: Business Meeting

Abstract

•Vocabulary Processes In Compositions:
Historically, very little attention has been given to vocabulary processes during composing. In the present session, the importance of word production during composing is discussed. An overview of a “distributed systems” theory on the cognitive architecture of vocabulary processing during composing is presented. Three component vocabulary operations are portrayed, and harmonization and timing of component operations is explained. Notable instructional implications of a distributed systems theory for vocabulary processing during composing are discussed.

•Gurgle, Grumble, Snort: Word Learning: Opportunities in Best-Selling Preschool Storybook Apps:
Content of 26,744 words in 70 best-selling preschool storybook apps was analyzed with the aim of understanding (a) the degree to which storybook apps introduce new words, (b) the types of words children might learn, and (c) the extent to which digital enhancements align with new words in the story. Results indicate that preschool storybook apps contain a comparable number of new words as preschool printed books and introduce children to a range of words across parts of speech, frequency in adult-child conversation, and estimated word difficulty. These findings contribute new information about vocabulary in preschool storybook apps and their affordances for young children’s vocabulary development.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Vocabulary

Chair

• Young-Suk Grace Kim, University of California - Irvine

Officers

• Sabina R. Neugebauer, Temple University

• Rebecca Silverman, Stanford University

• Christina L. Dobbs, Boston University

• Blythe E. Anderson, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Kevin M. Wong, Pepperdine University