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Topic
Professional
Subtopic
Communication
Skills
Building a Better
Vocabulary
Course Guidebook
Professor Kevin Flanigan
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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Kevin Flanigan, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
rofessor Kevin Flanigan is a Professor of
Education in the Literacy Department at
West Chester University of Pennsylvania,
where he has taught since 2003. He is a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Mary Washington College (now
the University of Mary Washington), where he
received a B.A. in History, summa cum laude. Later, he received an M.Ed.
from James Madison University and an M.Ed. in Reading Education from
the University of Virginia. After working as a middle grades classroom
teacher and reading specialist, he received his Ph.D. in Reading Education
from the University of Virginia, with a dissertation on emergent readers’
developing concept of word in text.
Professor Flanigan’s research, publications, and presentations focus on
developmental word knowledge, vocabulary development and instruction,
and interventions for students who struggle with literacy skills. He has
presented frequently at national and international conferences and works
with schools and teachers to implement effective literacy instruction.
In 2011, Professor Flanigan was nominated for the U.S. Professors of the
Year Award by West Chester University. In 2009, Professor Flanigan and
his colleagues received an Educator 500 award for innovative teaching in
the Kennett Experience, a university–public school partnership. Professor
Flanigan teaches graduate and undergraduate literacy education courses and
works in the West Chester University Reading Center, where he supervises
graduate-level teachers as they work with students in kindergarten through
12
th
grade who struggle with literacy skills.
Words Their
Way with Struggling Readers: Word Study for Reading, Vocabulary, and
Spelling Instruction, Grades 4–12.
He is also coauthor of
Vocabulary Their
i
P
Way: Word Study with Middle and Secondary Students
(2
nd
edition) and
Developing Word Recognition.
In addition, Professor Flanigan is a member
of the authorship team for Vocabulary Their Way: Words and Strategies for
Academic Success, a vocabulary program for middle school students. The
professor has authored or coauthored articles in a number of professional
journals, including
The Reading Teacher,
the
Journal of Adolescent and
Adult Literacy,
and the
Journal of Literacy Research
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Professor Biography ............................................................................i
Course Scope .....................................................................................1
LECTURE GUIDES
LECTURE 1
Five Principles for Learning Vocabulary .............................................3
LECTURE 2
The Spelling-Meaning Connection ...................................................10
LECTURE 3
Words for Lying, Swindling, and Conniving ......................................17
LECTURE 4
Words That Express Annoyance and Disgust ..................................24
LECTURE 5
Fighting Words and Peaceful Words ................................................31
LECTURE 6
Going beyond Dictionary Meanings..................................................38
LECTURE 7
Wicked Words ..................................................................................46
LECTURE 8
Words for Beginnings and Endings ..................................................52
LECTURE 9
Words Expressing Fear, Love, and Hatred.......................................58
LECTURE 10
Words for the Everyday and the Elite ...............................................63
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