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WORD GENIE
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WHAT IS IT
• Ability to put words together to make a meaningful
sentence
• Ability to think in words
• Sensitivity to sensitivity to the sounds, meanings and
rhythms of words
• Capacity to use language in order to express oneself,
comprehend stories and understand other people
• Verbal abilities include reading, writing and
communicating with words
What do I gain?
• Listen and respond to the sound, rhythm, colour, and
variety of the spoken word
• Imitate sounds, language, reading, and writing of
others
• Learn through listening, reading, writing, and
discussing
• Able to listen effectively, comprehend, paraphrase,
interpret, and remember what has been said.
• Able to read effectively, comprehends, summarizes,
interprets or explains, and remember what has been
read
What do I gain?
• Speak effectively to a variety of audience for a variety of
purposes, and know how to speak simply, eloquently,
persuasively, or passionately at appropriate times
• Write effectively; understand and apply rules of
grammar, spelling, punctuation, and uses an effective
vocabulary
• Exhibit ability to learn other languages
• Use listening, speaking, writing, and reading to
remember, communicate, discuss, explain, persuade,
create knowledge, construct meaning, and reflect upon
language itself
CHARACTERISTICS
• Strive to enhance his or her own language usage.
• Demonstrate interest in journalism, poetry, storytelling,
debate, speaking, writing, or editing
• Create new linguistic forms or original works of writing
or oral communication
How to develop
• Read- for variety, for enjoying, for understanding, for
learning
• Understand how words are used, use words to debate,
speak, to express, to discuss
• Make up associations and connections, listen to the
meaning, feel the words
• Write- to express, to communicate, to enjoy