Vocabulary in a Second Language : Selection, Acquisition, and Testing /
edited by Paul Bogaards and Batia Laufer-Dvorkin.
- 1st ed.
- Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004.
- xiv, 233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Language learning and language teaching 1569-9471 .
Vol. 10 in the Language learning and language teaching series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The eleven chapters of Vocabulary in a Second Language are written by the world's leading researchers in the field of vocabulary studies in second language acquisition. Each chapter presents experimental research leading to new conclusions about and insights into the selection, the learning and teaching, or the testing of vocabulary knowledge in foreign languages. This book is intended as an up-to-date overview of the important domain of the lexicon for researchers in the field of second language acquisition, teacher trainers and professional teachers of second or foreign languages." (Book Cover) CONTENTS:
Introduction /
Paul Bogaards and Batia Laufer SELECTION
Chapter 1: A study of the most frequent word families in the British National Corpus /
Paul Nation
Chapter 2: Is there room for an academic word list in French? /
Tom Cobb and Marlise Horst
Chapter 3: Vocabulary coverage according to spoken discourse context /
Svenja Adolphs and Norbert Schmitt
ACQUISITION Chapter 4: Etymological elaboration as a strategy for learning idioms / Frank Boers, Murielle Demecheleer, and June Eyckmans Chapter 5: Receptive, productive, and receptive + productive L2 vocabulary learning: what difference does it make? / Jan-Arjen Mondria and Boukje Wiersma Chapter 6: Semantic transfer and development in adult L2 vocabulary acquisition / Nan Jiang Chapter 7: Individual differences in the use of colloquial vocabulary: The effects of sociobiographical and psychological factors /
Jean-Marc Dewaele Chapter 8: Second language lexical inferencing: Preferences, perceptions, and practices / David D. Qian TESTING Chapter 9: The relation between lexical richness and vocabulary size in Dutch L1 and L2 children / Anne Vermeer Chapter 10: The construction and validation of a deep word knowledge test for advanced learners of French /
Tine Greidanus, Paul Bogaards, Elisabeth van der Linden, Lydius Nienhuis, and Tom de Wolf Chapter 11: Plumbing the depths of: How should the construct of vocabulary knowledge be defined? / John Read Bibliography Index
1588115410 (pbk)
1569-9471
2004053767
Language and languages--Study and teaching.
Vocabulary--Study and teaching.
Second language acquisition.
Vol. 10 in the Language learning and language teaching series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The eleven chapters of Vocabulary in a Second Language are written by the world's leading researchers in the field of vocabulary studies in second language acquisition. Each chapter presents experimental research leading to new conclusions about and insights into the selection, the learning and teaching, or the testing of vocabulary knowledge in foreign languages. This book is intended as an up-to-date overview of the important domain of the lexicon for researchers in the field of second language acquisition, teacher trainers and professional teachers of second or foreign languages." (Book Cover) CONTENTS:
Introduction /
Paul Bogaards and Batia Laufer SELECTION
Chapter 1: A study of the most frequent word families in the British National Corpus /
Paul Nation
Chapter 2: Is there room for an academic word list in French? /
Tom Cobb and Marlise Horst
Chapter 3: Vocabulary coverage according to spoken discourse context /
Svenja Adolphs and Norbert Schmitt
ACQUISITION Chapter 4: Etymological elaboration as a strategy for learning idioms / Frank Boers, Murielle Demecheleer, and June Eyckmans Chapter 5: Receptive, productive, and receptive + productive L2 vocabulary learning: what difference does it make? / Jan-Arjen Mondria and Boukje Wiersma Chapter 6: Semantic transfer and development in adult L2 vocabulary acquisition / Nan Jiang Chapter 7: Individual differences in the use of colloquial vocabulary: The effects of sociobiographical and psychological factors /
Jean-Marc Dewaele Chapter 8: Second language lexical inferencing: Preferences, perceptions, and practices / David D. Qian TESTING Chapter 9: The relation between lexical richness and vocabulary size in Dutch L1 and L2 children / Anne Vermeer Chapter 10: The construction and validation of a deep word knowledge test for advanced learners of French /
Tine Greidanus, Paul Bogaards, Elisabeth van der Linden, Lydius Nienhuis, and Tom de Wolf Chapter 11: Plumbing the depths of: How should the construct of vocabulary knowledge be defined? / John Read Bibliography Index
1588115410 (pbk)
1569-9471
2004053767
Language and languages--Study and teaching.
Vocabulary--Study and teaching.
Second language acquisition.