Why Strong Vocabulary Shapes
Learning Success

A more formal word to describe word knowledge is a child's lexicon.


The best way to think of a person's lexicon is as a mental dictionary.


Typically, a young student with a rich mental dictionary and strong language skills has great flexibility when using words.


Their sentences are articulate, and the words they pepper them with are lively and almost adult like.


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