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Exploring Vocabulary : Language in Action.
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles in the series are al...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge introductions to applied linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Exploring Vocabulary; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Setting the stage; My basic philosophy about vocabulary; Guiding questions; The Three Realities of Vocabulary; The Vocabulary Project (choosing an instructional setting); Identifying an instructional setting and texts; 2 The vocabulary of vocabulary; Problem; Intervention and theory; Vocabulary terminology; Terms to discuss the form-based concepts of vocabulary; Terms to discuss vocabulary levels of form-based word families.
- Terms to discuss spelling, pronunciation, and word-meaning issuesTerms to describe relationships between words and their neighbors; Multiword items; Concordancing; Summary; Vocabulary Project (text scanning); 3 Core vocabulary; Problem; Intervention and theory; Challenges in determining a core vocabulary of English; Challenge 1 (multiple word meanings); Challenge 2 (multiword issues); Challenge 3 (spoken vs. written); Challenge 4 (core size is arbitrary); Challenge 5 (core lists become dated); The stable and unstable cores of the English lexicon; The stable core; The unstable core.
- Common Core List of English vocabularyAppendix D, Sublist A (function words); Appendix D, Sublist A (content words); Appendix D, Sublists Band C (content words); New words appearing in Sublist A (all 64 words); Examples of the 177 new words appearing in Sublist B; Examples of the 395 new words appearing in Sublist C; Chapter summary; A new Academic Vocabulary List; Vocabulary Project (downloading analysis tools); 4 Register-specific vocabulary; Problem; Intervention and theory; Register-specific vocabulary; Understanding registers; Case study of register-specific vocabulary.
- Why do I care so much about register? Why should you care?Vocabulary Project (creating a vocabulary inventory); 5 The tasks of vocabulary learning; Problem; Intervention and theory; Relationships between known and unknown vocabulary; The relationship between spoken and written vocabulary knowledge; Academic reading and vocabulary knowledge; The BICS and CALP distinction; The fourth-grade slump and its correlates; A word on self-selected reading materials; Types of contexts for potential word learning; Vocabulary knowledge in ""learning to read"" and"" reading to learn""
- Breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledgeSo what is a teacher to do? ""To teach, or not to teach: that is the question""; Vocabulary Project (learning about vocabulary tools); 6 Building vocabulary knowledge; Problem; Intervention and theory; The ""big picture"" with vocabulary teaching; Designing a vocabulary-centered curriculum; Identifying important vocabulary; Theme-based instruction; Integrated skills; Leveled reading materials; Section conclusion; Direct vocabulary instruction; Conceptualization; Form and meaning practice; Flashcards; Concordancing programs.