How Vocabulary is Learned
How Vocabulary is Learned (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers) by Paul Nation, Stuart Webb
English | August 3, 2017 | ISBN: 0194403556 | True EPUB | 336 pages | 9.97 MB
English | August 3, 2017 | ISBN: 0194403556 | True EPUB | 336 pages | 9.97 MB
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 translations of unknown words?
• Why do some students make greater progress than others?