Dr. Rebecca Silverman on The Vocabulary Gap

Dr. Rebecca Silverman, literacy consultant for the PBS animated series Martha Speaks, discusses the importance of strengthening academic language (the language of school) to build comprehension skills and avoid the “4th grade slump.”

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Rebecca Silverman

Dr. Rebecca Silverman is an Associate Professor of Early Literacy in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. She specializes in language and literacy development and instruction, with a focus on children with learning differences, vocabulary and comprehension development, and children from low-income and English-learning backgrounds. 

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English Language Learners, Vocabulary
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