Working with words : a guide to teaching and learning vocabulary /
Ruth Gairns and Stuart Redman.
- viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge handbooks for language teachers .
- Cambridge handbooks for language teachers. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index.
Language awareness activities -- Words and their meanings -- Words and their forms -- Decisions about content -- How the learner discovers meaning -- Memory and written storage -- Using visual aids -- Using authentic reading texts -- Teacher designed contexts and the use of the dictionary -- Speaking activities -- Games, questionnaires and problem solving -- Vocabulary in course books.
"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 book for practising teachers and teachers in training."--Publisher description.
0521268893 9780521268899 0521317096 9780521317092
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Vocabulary--Study and teaching Teachers--Language Teaching--Terminology English language--Semantics English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers