I love how the podcaster emphasized the use of oral language as a way to foster the development of vocabulary through incidental language. When you think about how we acquire language as a baby - it's through oracy first. Of course, as we get older we can also learn new words through reading but conversations and discussion can be used to help cement the meaning.
While I am very strategic with my vocabulary instruction, I like to capitalize on language used by my students during class as a way to move their focus to their word choice/ power. For example, if a student is describing a dystopian book as "totalitarian" then I might say "that's a great word to describe it! what does it mean?" to foster that incidental language.
One of my best incidental language exposures was to use the word "I apologize for..." instead of "My bad/I'm sorry." Students would ask what that meant and then would use it in their own vocabulary eventually.
While I am very strategic with my vocabulary instruction, I like to capitalize on language used by my students during class as a way to move their focus to their word choice/ power. For example, if a student is describing a dystopian book as "totalitarian" then I might say "that's a great word to describe it! what does it mean?" to foster that incidental language.
One of my best incidental language exposures was to use the word "I apologize for..." instead of "My bad/I'm sorry." Students would ask what that meant and then would use it in their own vocabulary eventually.