Vocabulary in Language Teaching

ISBN-13: 9781108701600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 286 str.

Norbert Schmitt; Diane Schmitt

Opis

The book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to vocabulary teaching and testing by two leading specialists, which will be of interest to both experienced and novice language teachers. This second edition has been updated to illustrate the current best practice in vocabulary pedagogy, using very accessible and straightforward language.

Recenzje

'… this comprehensive text describes vocabulary instruction well and accomplishes the goal of guiding language teachers to make well-informed choices in instruction and assessment … Any person who teaches vocabulary or simply wants to learn more about it will find this text to be a useful guide.' Jean Danic, LINGUIST List

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The nature and size of vocabulary; 2. History of vocabulary in language teaching; 3. What does it mean to 'know' a word?; 4. Corpus insights: frequency and formulaic language; 5. Categories of vocabulary and word lists; 6. Incidental vocabulary learning from language exposure; 7. Intentional vocabulary learning; 8. Vocabulary in the curriculum; 9. Assessing vocabulary knowledge; Appendices; Index