Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: Rationale For Pedagog

Description: Among ordinary language learners, the acquisition of vocabulary has long been felt to be a crucial component of learning a foreign language. Second Language Vocabularly Acquisition has the goal of comparing the effectiveness of the direct learning of vocabulary (through memorization) and the indirect learning of vocabulary (through context); it encourages an appropriate balance between direct and indirect teaching of vocabulary in second language classrooms. The authors of these original articles present theoretical background, empirical research, and case studies focusing on a variety of modes of vocabulary acquisition. There is also an exploration of relevant pedagogical issues, including a description of practical strategies and techniques for teaching vocabulary.

Contents: I SETTING THE STAGE; 1 Historical Trends in Second Language Vocabulary Instruction by Dr. Cheryl Boyd Zimmerman; 2 The Lexical Plight in L2 Reading by Dr. Batia Laufer; 3 The Role of Orthography in Word Perception and Acquisition by Dr. Keiko Koda; II CASE STUDIES; 4 Vocabulary and Comprehension by Dr. Kate Parry; 5 Oral Production of Vocabulary by Dr. Roann Altman; 6 Reading and Vocabulary Development in a Second Language by Dr. William Grabe & Fredricka L. Stoller; III EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; 7 Tracking the Acquisition of L2 Vocabulary by Dr. Lynne Yang; 8 Rare words, Complex Lexical Units, and the Advanced Learner by Dr. Pierre Arnaud; 9 Vocabulary Enhancement Activities and Reading for Meaning in Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition by Dr. T. Sima Paribakht & Dr. Marjorie Wesche; IV PEDAGOGY; 10 Mnemonic methods in foreign-language vocabulary learning by Dr. Jan Hulstijn; 11 Teaching Vocabulary in L2 through Extensive Reading by Dr. James Coady; 12 Teaching Vocabulary by Paul Nation and Jonathan Newton; 13 Pedagogical implications of the Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis; V SUMMING UP; 14 L2 Vocabulary Acquisition: A Rationale for Pedagogy by James Coady