Vocabulary and the Four Skills

This edited volume provides a single coherent overview of vocabulary teaching and learning in relation to each of the four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking). The chapters cover emerging vocabulary research trends that indicate that lexical acquisition needs to be treated differently according to the skill area.

Auteur

Jon Clenton is Associate Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan. His main research interests include the assessment of vocabulary knowledge, L2 vocabulary development in terms of bilingual models, second language acquisition, word association studies, lexical processing, and L2 measurement tools. He has examined several vocabulary measurement tools, with focus on attempts to isolate the construct of productive vocabulary knowledge. Paul Booth is Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, London, and teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. His research interests include second language vocabulary, especially individual differences, lexical diversity, and frequency. He has also researched situated learning and language teacher development.

Contenu

Part 1: Introduction

1. Introduction: Vocabulary and the Four Skills - Current Issues and Future Concerns * Jon Clenton and Paul Booth
   • Part 2: Listening

2. Vocabulary and Listening - Current Research, Tools, and Practices * Suzanne Graham and Pengchong Zhang*

3. Vocabulary Learning through Listening: Which Words are Easier or More Difficult to Learn and Why? * Pengchong Zhang and Suzanne Graham *

4. Vocabulary and Listening * Jim Milton and Ahmed Masrai*

5. Vocabulary and Listening - Future Research, Tools, and Practices * Jim Milton and Ahmed Masrai

   • Part 3: Reading

6. Vocabulary and Reading - Current Research, Tools, and Practices * Jeanine Treffers-Daller *

7. Building Vocabulary Knowledge from and for Reading - Ways to Improve Lexical Quality * Irina Elgort*

8. The Validity of The Tem-4 as a Measure of Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension * Jeanine Treffers-Daller and Jingyi Huang*

9. Vocabulary and Reading - Future Research, Tools, and Practices * Irina Elgort*

   Part 4: Speaking

10. Vocabulary and Speaking - Current Research, Tools, and Practices * Takumi Uchihara*

11. Investigating the Extent to which Vocabulary Knowledge snd Skills can Predict Aspects of Fluency for a Small Group of Pre-intermediate Japanese L1 Users of English L2 * Jon Clenton, Nivja H. de Jong, Dion Clingwall and Simon Fraser*

12. Re-examining the Relationship between Productive Vocabulary and Second Language Oral Ability * Takumi Uchihara, Kazuya Saito and Jon Clenton*

13. Vocabulary and Speaking - Future Research, Tools, and Practices * Jon Clenton

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Part 5: Writing

14. Vocabulary and Writing - Current Research, Tools, and Practices * Paul Booth*

15. Specialised Vocabulary in Writing: Looking Outside ELT * Averil Coxhead*

16. Lexical Development Paths in Relation to Academic Writing * Paul Booth*

17. Vocabulary and Writing - Future Research, Tools, and Practices * Averil Coxhead

    • Part 6: Conclusion

18. Conclusion: Vocabulary and the Four Skills - Pedagogy and Practice * Paul Booth and Jon Clenton *