Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Section A Planning a Vocabulary Course 17
Chapter 2 The Four Strands 17
Chapter 3 How Large a Vocabulary Is Needed for Reading and Listening? 32
Chapter 4 A Survival Language Learning Syllabus for Foreign Travel 59
Chapter 5 Helping Learners Take Control of Their Vocabulary Learning 73
Section B Choosing Vocabulary 91
Chapter 6 A Defence of Simplification 91
Chapter 7 Technical Vocabulary in Specialised Texts 105
Chapter 8 How Many Idioms Are There in English? 121
Section C Learning Vocabulary through Input 139
Chapter 9 Vocabulary Learning and Reading 139
Chapter 10 Unknown Vocabulary Density and Reading Comprehension 147
Chapter 11 Planning and Running an Extensive Reading Programme 179
Chapter 12 Second Language Reading and Incidental Vocabulary Learning 197
Chapter 13 Evaluating the Vocabulary Load of Written Text 211
Section D Learning Vocabulary through Output 227
Chapter 14 Speaking Activities and Vocabulary Learning 227
Chapter 15 Learning Vocabulary in Lexical Sets:Dangers and Guidelines 239
Chapter 16 Using Communicative Tasks to Teach Vocabulary 253
Section E Deliberately Teaching Vocabulary 263
Chapter 17 Techniques for Teaching Vocabulary 263
Chapter 18 Translation and the Teaching of Meaning:Some Techniques 272
Section F Strategy Development 281
Chapter 19 Guessing the Meanings of Words from Context:Strategy and Techniques 281
Chapter 20 An Investigation of Learners'Success in Personalising Vocabulary Learning 294
Section G Vocabulary Testing 321
Chapter 21 A Vocabulary Size Test 321
Chapter 22 Measuring Readiness for Simplified Material:A Test of the First 1,000 Words of English 342
Chapter 23 A Vocabulary Size Test of Controlled Productive Ability 349
Chapter 24 A Vocabulary-based Graded Dictation Test 371
Section H Evaluating Your Vocabulary Course 389
Chapter 25 How Good is Your Vocabulary Program? 389
Chapter 26 My Ideal Vocabulary Teaching Course 398
References 412
Index 434