Current Perspectives on Vocabulary Learning and Teaching

Current Perspectives on Vocabulary Learning and Teaching
Title Current Perspectives on Vocabulary Learning and Teaching PDF eBook
Author Nuray Alagözlü
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 397
Release 2020-07-13
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 1527556700

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This book brings together current perspectives and up-to-date research on vocabulary teaching and the learning of a foreign or second language. It will serve as a basis for academic studies and can be used as a supplementary source for vocabulary courses in English language teacher training programs. Featuring contributors from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey, who detail their experiences of language teaching in different cultural contexts, this collection is valuable as it reflects theory and practice at work in different settings on vocabulary acquisition, teaching vocabulary to young learner, and vocabulary teaching and learning strategies. The volume also provides insights into the use of technology in vocabulary teaching, and details various forms of vocabulary testing.

International Handbook of English Language Teaching

International Handbook of English Language Teaching
Title International Handbook of English Language Teaching PDF eBook
Author Jim Cummins
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 1215
Release 2007-12-31
Genre Education
ISBN 0387463011

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This two volume handbook provides a comprehensive examination of policy, practice, research and theory related to English Language Teaching in international contexts. More than 70 chapters highlight the research foundation for best practices, frameworks for policy decisions, and areas of consensus and controversy in second language acquisition and pedagogy. The Handbook provides a unique resource for policy makers, educational administrators, and researchers concerned with meeting the increasing demand for effective English language teaching. It offers a strongly socio-cultural view of language learning and teaching. It is comprehensive and global in perspective with a range of fresh new voices in English language teaching research.

Teaching and Learning Vocabulary

Teaching and Learning Vocabulary
Title Teaching and Learning Vocabulary PDF eBook
Author Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Publisher Routledge
Pages 331
Release 2005-05-06
Genre Education
ISBN 1135605440

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Although proficiency in vocabulary has long been recognized as basic to reading proficiency, there has been a paucity of research on vocabulary teaching and learning over the last two decades. Recognizing this, the U.S. Department of Education recently sponsored a Focus on Vocabulary conference that attracted the best-known and most active researchers in the vocabulary field. This book is the outgrowth of that conference. It presents scientific evidence from leading research programs that address persistent issues regarding the role of vocabulary in text comprehension. Part I examines how vocabulary is learned; Part II presents instructional interventions that enhance vocabulary; and Part III looks at which words to choose for vocabulary instruction. Other key features of this timely new book include: *Broad Coverage. The book addresses the full range of students populating current classrooms--young children, English Language Learners, and young adolescents. *Issues Focus. By focusing on persistent issues from the perspective of critical school populations, this volume provides a rich, scientific foundation for effective vocabulary instruction and policy. *Author Expertise. Few volumes can boast of a more luminous cast of contributing authors (see table of contents). This book is suitable for anyone (graduate students, in-service reading specialists and curriculum directors, college faculty, and researchers) who deals with vocabulary learning and instruction as a vital component of reading proficiency.

Vocabulary in Language Teaching

Vocabulary in Language Teaching
Title Vocabulary in Language Teaching PDF eBook
Author Norbert Schmitt
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 291
Release 2020-07-16
Genre Education
ISBN 1108476821

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Written by two top vocabulary specialists, this updated edition gives a state-of-the-art introduction to vocabulary teaching and testing.

Vocabulary Instruction

Vocabulary Instruction
Title Vocabulary Instruction PDF eBook
Author Edward J. Kame'enui
Publisher Guilford Press
Pages 370
Release 2012-05-10
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1462504000

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This highly regarded work brings together prominent authorities on vocabulary teaching and learning to provide a comprehensive yet concise guide to effective instruction. The book showcases practical ways to teach specific vocabulary words and word-learning strategies and create engaging, word-rich classrooms. Instructional activities and games for diverse learners are brought to life with detailed examples. Drawing on the most rigorous research available, the editors and contributors distill what PreK-8 teachers need to know and do to support all students' ongoing vocabulary growth and enjoyment of reading. New to This Edition*Reflects the latest research and instructional practices.*New section (five chapters) on pressing current issues in the field: assessment, authentic reading experiences, English language learners, uses of multimedia tools, and the vocabularies of narrative and informational texts.*Contributor panel expanded with additional leading researchers.

How Vocabulary is Learned

How Vocabulary is Learned
Title How Vocabulary is Learned PDF eBook
Author Stuart Webb
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 336
Release 2017-06-06
Genre Study Aids
ISBN 019440353X

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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? stuart webb is Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. paul nation is Emeritus Professor in Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Teachers will find answers to many of their perennial questions about vocabulary learning—as well as some they had not yet thought to ask! There is research evidence to support established practices, but also new evidence that challenges old ideas. patsy lightbown (co-author of How Languages are Learned, with Nina Spada)

Recent Perspectives on Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching

Recent Perspectives on Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching
Title Recent Perspectives on Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching PDF eBook
Author Mohammad Ahmadian
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 278
Release 2017-12-04
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1501503294

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The last three decades have witnessed a growth of interest in research on tasks from various perspectives and numerous books and collections of articles have been published focusing on the notion of task and its utility in different contexts. Nevertheless, what is lacking is a multi-faceted examination of tasks from different important perspectives. This edited volume, with four sections of three chapters each, views tasks and Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) from four distinct (but complementary) vantage points. In the first section, all chapters view tasks from a cognitive-interactionist angle with each addressing one key facet of either cognition or interaction (or both) in different contexts (CALL and EFL/ESL). Section two hinges on the idea that language teaching and learning is perhaps best conceptualized, understood, and investigated within a complexity theory framework which accounts for the dynamicity and interrelatedness of the variables involved. Viewing TBLT from a sociocultural lens is what connects the chapters included in the third section. Finally, the fourth section views TBLT from pedagogical and curricular vantage points.