Volume 22, No. 1 Special Issue: In Honor of Paul Nation Vocabulary learning through reading: Does an ELT course book provide good opportunities?

Vocabulary learning through reading: Does an ELT course book provide good opportunities?

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Volume 22, No. 1 Special Issue: In Honor of Paul Nation
contributor.author:
Matsuoka, Warren Hirsh, David
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:09:44Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:09:44Z
date.issued:
2010-04
description.abstract:
This study investigates the vocabulary learning opportunities in an ELT course book designed for upper-intermediate learners. All the words appearing in the 12 chapters of the text were analyzed. The results suggest that the text would provide opportunities to deepen knowledge of the second 1,000 most frequent words in English, and would provide a context for pre-teaching of academic words met in the text for learners on an academic pathway. The results also suggest that the text would provide minimal opportunities for learners to develop vocabulary knowledge beyond high frequency and academic words. The findings suggest a need to supplement use of such texts with an extensive reading program and other forms of language rich input to promote vocabulary development.
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endingpage:
70
identifier.doi:
10125/66650
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66650
number:
1
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Methods and Materials
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/rfl/item/208
startingpage:
56
subject:
vocabulary learning ELT course book vocabulary demands lexical coverage frequency range repetition extensive reading
title:
Vocabulary learning through reading: Does an ELT course book provide good opportunities?
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Article
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Text
volume:
22