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029EAL in Practice 029 · Vocabulary

The Vocabulary Recycling Rule

Reuse vocabulary in fresh contexts after a gap.

5 min preparation
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Worked model: The Vocabulary Recycling Rule

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EAL in Practice 29: illustrated teaching routine
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Four-step teaching routine for The Vocabulary Recycling Rule. Full instructions are in Teach it.
  1. 1Retrieve the words without the original list
  2. 2Reconnect each word to its meaning and a prior example
  3. 3Use the words in a different subject task or representation
  4. 4Return after another gap and check independent use
Worked classroom example

Science: retrieve resultant force from a trolley lesson, then apply it to a parachutist diagram with changed force sizes.

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