Rubén Chacón-Beltrán is an Associate Professor at the UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) in Madrid, Spain, where he teaches undergraduate courses in English as a foreign language, sociolinguistics and bilingualism, and a graduate seminar in vocabulary teaching and learning.Christian Abello-Contesse is an Associate Professor at the University of Seville, Spain, where he teaches undergraduate courses in second language acquisition and TEFL methodology, as well as graduate seminars in bilingualism and bilingual education.M. Mar Torreblanca-López is an Associate Professor at the University of Seville, Spain, where she teaches undergraduate courses in English as a foreign language and spoken discourse, as well as graduate courses in English pragmatics and discourse analysis.

Insights into non-native vocabulary learning and teaching is a valuable addition to the library of any vocabulary researcher or L2 materials developer.

• Chapter 1: Vocabulary Teaching and Learning: Introduction and Overview - Rubén Chacón-Beltrán, Christián Abello-Contesse, M. del Mar Torreblanca-LópezSection 1: Development of a Model for Vocabulary Teaching and LearningChapter 2: Form-focused Instruction in Second Language Vocabulary Learning - Batia LauferChapter 3: Key Issues in Teaching and Learning Vocabulary - Norbert SchmittChapter 4: A Dynamic Perspective on (Academic English) L2 Lexical Development - Tal Caspi and Wander LowieSection 2: Empirical Studies on Lexical Processing in English and SpanishChapter 5: The Effect of Lexicalization in the Native Language on L2 Lexical Inferencing: A Cross-linguistic Study - Sima ParibakhtChapter 6: Aural Word Recognition and Oral Competence in a Foreign Language - James Milton, Jo Wade and Nicola HopkinsChapter 7: A Cascade Model of Lexical Access and the Phonological Activation of Newly-acquired Lexical Items - Teresa López-SotoChapter 8: Concordances versus Dictionaries: Evaluating the Learning Effect - Rachel AllanChapter 9: Evidence of Incremental Vocabulary Learning in Advanced L2 Spanish Learners - Diana FrantzenSection 3: Materials Design and Strategies for Vocabulary Teaching and LearningChapter 10: Conspicuous by their Absence: The Infrequency of Very Frequent Words in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Textbooks - James LawleyChapter 11: The Treatment of Lexical Aspects in Commercial Textbooks for L2 Teaching and Learning - María Dolores López-JiménezChapter 12: A Second-generation CALL Vocabulary-learning Programme “ADELEX”: In Search of a Psychopedagogic Model - Carmen Pérez BasantaChapter 13: Word Associations as a Vocabulary Teaching Strategy in an Advanced L2 Reading Class - Zorana Vasiljevic