Vocabulary

Zusatztext 'This collection provides a thought provoking and valuable update on the state of vocabulary as it is currently viewed and is an important contribution to the field.' NZ Studies in Applied Linguistics Klappentext This volume examines what vocabulary is and how it behaves, how the mind learns vocabulary and uses it, and pedagogical issues of teaching and testing L2 vocabulary. Zusammenfassung This book examines what vocabulary is and how it behaves, how the mind learns and uses it, and the pedagogical issues of teaching and testing L2 vocabulary. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Word frequency and vocabulary size Paul Nation and Rob Waring; 2. Variation in spoken and written language Michael McCarthy and Ron Carter; 3. Vocabulary connections Rosamund Moon; 4. Vocabulary and context William Nagy; 5. Productive vs. receptive aspects of vocabulary Francine Melka; 6. Models of lexical acquisition Paul Meara; 7. Cognitive constraints on vocabulary acquisition Nick Ellis; 8. Intralexical factors affecting the difficulty of vocabulary acquisition Batia Laufer; 9. L1 influences on L2 vocabulary acquisition; 10. Acquisition of the formal aspects of vocabulary Michael Swan; 11. Vocabulary learning strategies Ann Ryan; 12. Vocabulary and the syllabus Norbert Schmitt; 13. Teaching vocabulary: most recent trends Felicity O'Dell; 14. Vocabulary and testing John Read; 15. Dictionaries! thesauruses! lexical resources Phil Schofield.

Product details

• Authors: B. Mccarthy Schmitt
• Assisted by: Michael Swan (Editor), Norbert Schmitt (Editor), Michael McCarthy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.06.1998
• Subject: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9780521585514
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58551-4
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23 x 2.5 cm
• Series: Cambridge Language Teaching Library
• Subjects: English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory and methods, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, ELT: teaching theory & methods, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language