I was feeling pretty smug about my big, nerdy vocabulary when I tried out the word challenge at Vocabulary.com, but it didn't take long for the game to find my weak spots. That's because it quickly ...

100 Must-Know Vocabulary Words for Students: The first steps towards being a PRO English writer and speaker are to learn the vocabulary. For students, learning English vocabulary is not only about ...

This week’s question is: What are the best instructional strategies for vocabulary development? We started-off in Part One with suggestions from Katie Brown, Jane Fung, Marilee Sprenger and Karen ...

In 2010, I began my teaching career as a high school English teacher. After seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students, I transitioned into instructional technology, where I ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the tiers associated with challenging words. Children who enter kindergarten with a small vocabulary don’t get taught enough ...

'Atesi' -- what sounds like a word from the Elven language of Lord of the Rings is actually a Vimmish word meaning 'thought'. Scientists have used Vimmish, an artificial language specifically ...