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How vocabulary is learned / Stuart Webb and Paul Nation.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Oxford Handbooks for Language teachersPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.Description: xiii, 322 pages : charts ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780194403559
  • 0194403556
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P53.9 W38 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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
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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

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