Susan+V

December 3, 2010 Vocabulary across the curriculum -

I found myself considering the relationship between good readers and vocabulary. The article stated that the more one reads, the more your vocabulary expands. I am not sure I agree with this, although in reading instruction circles this is a given. Expanding ones vocabulary when reading requires interaction with the text which requires will. A reader must consciously utilize context, morphology and research skills to learn new words while reading. So is the converse actually true? Those with larger vocabularies become readers?