How to teach vocabulary

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Title:

How to teach vocabulary

Author:

Thornbury, Scott, 1950-

ISBN:

9780582429666

Personal Author:

Thornbury, Scott, 1950-

Publication Information:

Harlow : Longman, c2002.

Physical Description:

vi, 185 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

What's in a word -- How words are learned -- Classroom sources of words -- Texts, dictionaries and corpora -- How to present vocabulary -- How to put words to work -- Teaching word parts and word chunks -- How to test vocabulary -- How to train good vocabulary learners.

Subject Term:

Vocabulary -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.

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Summary

Looks in detail at the theory of words and at how students learn new vocabulary Offers practical advice on how to help students build vocabulary in new and effective ways and how to test students' word knowledge Major developments, such as language corpora and lexical approaches, are clearly explained and related to your needs as a teacher

The Task File develops a teacher's skill in identifying parts of speech including lexical fields, word families, etc. to build more confidence in teaching and explaining words and their use.