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Chapter 14: When or how should I teach vocabulary?

Chapter 14: When or how should I teach vocabulary?

pp. 199-216

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, Georgetown University, Washington DC, , Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Chapter 14 discusses what it means to “know” a word and how learners can grow their vocabulary while learning a new language. Incidental and intentional vocabulary learning are defined as authors make connections to the ways in which teachers can support their classes. In addition, individual differences that have been found to impact vocabulary learning are presented, along with comprehension strategies for readers to try out.

Keywords

  • vocabulary
  • productive
  • receptive
  • lexicon
  • incidental learning
  • intentional vocabulary learning

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