Working with words : a guide to teaching and learning vocabulary
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Working with words : a guide to teaching and learning vocabulary
(Cambridge handbooks for language teachers / general editor, Michael Swan)
Cambridge University Press, 1986
- : hardback
- : pbk
Available at / 146 libraries
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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Library of Education, National Institute for Educational Policy Research
: pbk428.24||29700068255
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Bibliography: p. 196-198
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a practical guide for teachers on how to select, organise and teach vocabulary to all levels of students. It discusses the linguistic and psychological theories relevant to vocabulary learning, describes with clear examples traditional and current methods of presentation and practice, and suggests ways of assessing and supplementing the vocabulary component of coursebooks. Working with Words is an ideal resource for practising teachers and teachers in training.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I. Words: Their Meanings and Forms: 1. Language awareness activities
- 2. Words and their meanings
- 3. Words and their forms
- Part II. Principles in Learning and Teaching Vocabulary: 4. Decisions about content
- 5. How the learner discovers meaning
- 6. Memory and written storage
- Part III. Classroom Activities: 7. Using visual aids
- 8. Using authentic reading texts
- 9. Teacher designed contexts and the use of the dictionary
- 10. Speaking activities
- 11. Games, questionnaires and problem solving
- Part IV. Vocabulary in Course Books: 12. Vocabulary in course books
- Key
- Bibliography
- Index.
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