Teaching and learning vocabulary /
I.S.P. Nation.
- New York : Heinle & Heinle Publishers, c1990.
- xi, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Cover title: Teaching & learning vocabulary.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-232) and index.
Introduction -- The goals of vocabulary learning and vocabulary size -- What is involved in learning a word? -- Communicating meaning -- Assessing vocabulary size -- Vocabulary and listening -- Vocabulary and speaking -- Vocabulary and reading -- Vocabulary and writing -- Learner strategies -- Simplification of reading material -- Directions in vocabulary studies.
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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers. Vocabulary--Study and teaching.