Insights into Non-native Vocabulary Teaching and Learning
by Chacon-Beltran, Ruben; Abello-Contesse, Christian; del Mar Del Torreblanca-Lopez, MariaFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-07-12
Publisher(s): Multilingual Matters
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Summary
This book brings together a collection of new articles on different aspects of vocabulary teaching and learning. The contributions present the results of original empirical research in the field by well-known scholars as well as some comprehensive reviews. The different approaches adopted by the researchers participating in this volume should be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in the area of second language acquisition.
Author Biography
Rubén Chacón-Beltrán is an Associate Professor at UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) in Madrid, Spain, where he teaches English as a foreign language, sociolinguistics, bilingualism and vocabulary teaching and learning. Christian Abello-Contesse is an Associate Professor at the University of Seville, Spain, where he teaches courses in second language acquisition, TEFL methodology, bilingualism and bilingual education. M. Mar Torreblanca-López is an Associate Professor at the University of Seville, Spain, where she teaches English as a foreign language, spoken discourse, English pragmatics and discourse analysis.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Vocabulary teaching and learning: Introduction and overview - Rubén Chacón-Beltrán, Christián Abello-Contesse, M. del Mar Torreblanca-López
Section 1: Development of a model for vocabulary teaching and learning
Chapter 2: Form-focused instruction in second language vocabulary learning -Batia Laufer
Chapter 3: Key issues in teaching and learning vocabulary - Norbert Schmitt
Chapter 4: A dynamic perspective on (academic English) L2 lexical development - Tal Caspi and Wander Lowie
Section 2: Empirical studies on lexical processing in English and Spanish
Chapter 5: The effect of lexicalization in the native language on L2 lexical inferencing: A cross-linguistic study - Sima Paribakht
Chapter 6: Aural word recognition and oral competence in a foreign language - James Milton, Jo Wade and Nicola Hopkins
Chapter 7: A cascade model of lexical access and the phonological activation of newly-acquired lexical items - Teresa López-Soto
Chapter 8: Concordances versus dictionaries: Evaluating the learning effect - Rachel Allan
Chapter 9: Evidence of incremental vocabulary learning in advanced L2 Spanish learners - Diana Frantzen
Section 3: Materials design and strategies for vocabulary teaching and learning
Chapter 10: Conspicuous by their absence: The infrequency of very frequent words in English as a foreign language (EFL) textbooks - James Lawley
Chapter 11: The treatment of lexical aspects in commercial textbooks for L2 teaching and learning - María Dolores López-Jiménez
Chapter 12: A second-generation CALL vocabulary-learning programme “ADELEX”: In search of a psychopedagogic model - Carmen Pérez Basanta
Chapter 13: Word associations as a vocabulary teaching strategy in an advanced L2 reading class - Zorana Vasiljevic
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