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This highly practical book presents research-based approaches to building students' vocabulary and promoting a lifelong appreciation of words. Prominent researchers identify and discuss the multiple components of effective vocabulary instruction--teaching the meanings of specific words,... read more
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In his book How to Read and Why, Harold Bloom (2001), well-known literary critic of Shakespeare and the written word, observes, "Ultimately we read . . . in order to strengthen the self, and to learn its authentic interests" (p. 22).
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