Schmitt, Norbert  1956- <br/><br/>
Vocabulary in Language Teaching / 
Norbert Schmitt. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,  2000. 
 - xv, 224 p. ;  cov. ill. :  24 cm. 
 - Cambridge Language Education .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-221) and index. 
<br/><br/>"This text offers a comprehensive introduction to vocabulary for language teachers who would like to know more about the way vocabulary works. It provides the background knowledge necessary for practitioners to make informed choices about vocabulary teaching and testing. The overall theme is making research and theory accessible, and then drawing on it to suggest effective classroom applications. Chapters 1 and 2 provide linguistic and historical background. Chapters 3-7 describe the various kinds of knowledge a person can have about a word, how vocabulary behaves in context, and how it is acquired. Chapters 8 and 9 focus on issues in teaching and testing vocabulary. The chapters include teaching applications, exercises, and suggestions for further reading. The appendices include a word list of academic vocabulary and a vocabulary test " (Book Cover). CONTENTS:<br/> 1. Introduction  Size of the English vocabulary<br/>  How many words do native speakers know?<br/>  The complex nature of vocabulary<br/>  Summary <br/>  Exercices for expansion<br/>  Further reading 2. History of vocabulary in language learning<br/>  Language teaching methodologies trough the ages<br/>  The vocabulary Control Movement <br/>  Research into vocabulary acquisition and organization<br/>  Historical overview of vocabulary testing<br/>  Summary<br/>  Exercices for expansion<br/>  Further reading<br/> 3. Aspects of knowing a word: Meaning and organization  Word meaning<br/>  Register<br/>  Word associations<br/>  Summary<br/>  Exercices for expansion <br/>  Further reading<br/> 4. Aspects of knowing a word: Word from and grammatical knowledge   The written form of a word<br/>  The spoken form of a word<br/>  Grammatical knowledge<br/>  Summary<br/>  Exercices for expansion <br/>  Further reading 6. Vocabulary in discourse<br/>  Multiword units in English<br/>  Lexical patterning in discourse<br/>  Cohesive and stylistic effects of vocabulary in discourse<br/>  Summary <br/>  Exercices for expansion <br/>  Further reading<br/><br/> 7. Vocabulary acquisition  The incremental nature of vocabulary acquisition<br/>  Incidental and explicit learning of vocabulary<br/>  Acquisition of word meaning and grammatical knowledge<br/>  MWUs in vocabulary acquisition<br/>  Role of memory in vocabulary acquisition <br/>  Vocabulary learning strategies <br/>  Summary<br/>  Exercices for expansion<br/>  Further reading  8. Teaching and learning vocabulary<br/>  How many and which words to teach<br/>  Teaching vocabulary<br/>  Vocabulary and reading<br/>  Vocabulary and writing, listening, and speaking<br/>  Summary <br/>  Exercices for expansion<br/>  Further reading<br/> 9. Assessing vocabulary knowledge<br/>  What do you want to test?<br/>  What words do you want to test?<br/>  What aspects of these words do you want to test?<br/>  How will you elicit students' knowledge of these words?<br/>  Examples pf current vocabulary test development Summary Exercices for expansion Further reading Appendices Reference Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521669382 (pbk) 0521669383 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99057110  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching.<br/>Language teaching.<br/>Vocabulary.