Vocabulary in Language Teaching

'This is a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of what is important in vocabulary teaching and learning. It draws strongly on research and theory and yet provides clear and practical information for teachers and learners.' Paul Nation, Emeritus Professor in Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington

'This second edition provides readers with the breadth and depth of the state of the art in vocabulary research. Vocabulary research and its relevance to classroom practice are woven throughout. This is a must-have volume for researchers and students who are interested in the many aspects of vocabulary from 'What is vocabulary?' to 'How do we learn vocabulary?' and 'How can we carry out meaningful vocabulary research?'' Randi Reppen, Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESL, Northern Arizona University

'... 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

Norbert Schmitt is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham. He is interestedin all aspects of second language vocabulary, and has published 8 books and over 100 journal articlesand book chapters on vocabulary and appliedlinguistics topics. Diane Schmitt works in the areas of syllabus design, materials development, and test development with emphases on vocabulary acquisition, all aspects of English for academic purposes, plagiarism, and English Medium Instruction. She has published articles, book chapters, and textbooks on these topics. She was a Senior Lecturer in EFL/TESOL for 25 years at Nottingham Trent University.

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