Accessible to experts and non-experts alike, this text is a comprehensive entry to teaching and learning vocabulary in ESL and EFL contexts. Firmly grounded in research, it presents frameworks and methods for teaching vocabulary to English L2 speakers. Overviewing key topics as well as providing in-depth research analyses and critiques, Zwier and Boers address all major areas of vocabulary pedagogy and instruction.
Organized in four parts, chapters cover the nature of vocabulary and strands of vocabulary research; curricular approaches; and techniques and activities. Readers are introduced to key topics, including teaching multiword expressions, assessment, discourse, and instruction at different levels. Each chapter includes questions, prompts, and activities to foster discussion. A foundational textbook for courses on L2 instruction and teacher-training courses, it is an essential text for students and scholars in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, and provides the pedagogical grounding future English L2 teachers need to effectively teach vocabulary.
Author(s): Lawrence J. Zwier, Frank Boers
Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 284
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
Author Biographies
Preface
Part I Introduction
1 The Nature of Vocabulary and Vocabulary Items
2 Multiword Expressions
Part II Getting Familiar With Vocabulary Research
3 A Few Strands of L2 Vocabulary Research
4 Zooming in on a Research Strand: Intervention Studies
Part III Curricular Approaches to Vocabulary
5 Levels, Targets, and Expectations
6 Assessment of Vocabulary Knowledge
7 Vocabulary in the Curriculum
Part IV Techniques and Activities
8 Helping Learners Pick up Vocabulary from Discourse
9 Making Vocabulary Memorable
10 Consolidating Knowledge Through Focused Practice
11 Maintaining Effectiveness
Index
