How vocabulary is learned /
Webb, Stuart
How vocabulary is learned / Stuart Webb and Paul Nation. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. - xiii, 322 pages : charts ; 25 cm - Oxford Handbooks for Language teachers .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Which words should be learned? -- Learning burden -- Vocabulary size and growth -- Conditions contributing to vocabulary learning -- Analysing vocabulary learning activities -- Learning vocabulary in different contexts -- Developing autonomous learners of vocabulary -- Developing an effective vocabulary learning programme -- Resources for vocabulary learning -- 10 Key questions about vocabulary learning -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Website references -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This guide to vocabulary acquisition is essential reading for teachers of English as a second or foreign language. It presents the major ideas and principles that relate to the teaching and learning of vocabulary and evaluates a wide range of practical activities designed to help boost students’ vocabulary acquisition. Key questions which are answered include: How many words should students learn at a time, and how often? How much classroom time should be spent teaching vocabulary? What is the best way to group vocabulary for learning? Is it useful to provide students with the L1 transitions of unknown words? Why do some students make greater progress than others?"--Back cover.
Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/hvil
9780194403559 0194403556
2017295645
Vocabulary--Study and teaching
Language and languages--Study and teaching
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
P53.9 / W38 2017
How vocabulary is learned / Stuart Webb and Paul Nation. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. - xiii, 322 pages : charts ; 25 cm - Oxford Handbooks for Language teachers .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Which words should be learned? -- Learning burden -- Vocabulary size and growth -- Conditions contributing to vocabulary learning -- Analysing vocabulary learning activities -- Learning vocabulary in different contexts -- Developing autonomous learners of vocabulary -- Developing an effective vocabulary learning programme -- Resources for vocabulary learning -- 10 Key questions about vocabulary learning -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Website references -- Bibliography -- Index.
"This guide to vocabulary acquisition is essential reading for teachers of English as a second or foreign language. It presents the major ideas and principles that relate to the teaching and learning of vocabulary and evaluates a wide range of practical activities designed to help boost students’ vocabulary acquisition. Key questions which are answered include: How many words should students learn at a time, and how often? How much classroom time should be spent teaching vocabulary? What is the best way to group vocabulary for learning? Is it useful to provide students with the L1 transitions of unknown words? Why do some students make greater progress than others?"--Back cover.
Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/hvil
9780194403559 0194403556
2017295645
Vocabulary--Study and teaching
Language and languages--Study and teaching
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
P53.9 / W38 2017