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Background concept

The information or ideas that give vocabulary context and meaning. Learners with interrupted formal education may lack various background concepts that are generally taught in school (related science, geography and the universe, grammar and parts of speech, etc). Pre-teaching background concepts assists learners with reading comprehension.