Vocabulary and the Four Skills: Pedagogy, Practice, and Implications for Teaching Vocabulary

ISBN-13: 9780367249977 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 236 str.

Jon Clenton; Paul Booth

Opis

This edited volume provides a single coherent overview of vocabulary teaching and learning in relation to each of the four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking). The chapters cover emerging vocabulary research trends that indicate that lexical acquisition needs to be treated differently according to the skill area.

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Part 1: Introduction  1. Introduction: Vocabulary and the Four Skills – Current Issues and Future Concerns  Part 2: Listening  2. Vocabulary and Listening – Current Research, Tools, and Practices  3. Vocabulary Learning through Listening: Which Words are Easier or More Difficult to Learn and Why?  4. Vocabulary and Listening  5. Vocabulary and Listening – Future Research, Tools, and Practices  6. Vocabulary and Reading – Current Research, Tools, and Practice  7. Building Vocabulary Knowledge from and for Reading – Ways to Improve Lexical Quality  8. The Validity of The Tem-4 as a Measure of Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension  9. Vocabulary and Reading – Future Research, Tools, and Practices  Part 4: Speaking  10. Vocabulary and Speaking – Current Research, Tools, and Practices  11. Investigating the Extent to which Vocabulary Knowledge snd Skills can Predict Aspects of Fluency for a Small Group of Pre-intermediate Japanese L1 Users of English L2  12. Re-examining the Relationship between Productive Vocabulary and Second Language Oral Ability  13. Vocabulary and Speaking – Future Research, Tools, and Practices  Part 5: Writing  14. Vocabulary and Writing – Current Research, Tools, and Practices  15. Specialised Vocabulary in Writing: Looking Outside ELT  16. Lexical Development Paths in Relation to Academic Writing  17. Vocabulary and Writing – Future Research, Tools, and Practices  Part 6: Conclusion  18. Conclusion: Vocabulary and the Four Skills – Pedagogy and Practice