1st Edition
Evaluating Second Language Vocabulary and Grammar Instruction A Synthesis of the Research on Teaching Words, Phrases, and Patterns
By Frank Boers
Copyright 2021
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Providing a much-needed critical synthesis of research on teaching vocabulary and grammar to students of a second or foreign language, this book puts the research into perspective in order to distil recommendations for language teaching. Boers evaluates a comprehensive range of both well-established and lesser-known research strands and classroom practices to draw out the most effective... Read more
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The aim, scope and organization of this book
2. Estimating the chances of incidental acquisition
PART II: IMPROVING THE CHANCES OF INCIDENTAL ACQUISITION
3. Enhancing textual input
4. From input to output (and back again)
PART III: LANGUAGE-FOCUSED LEARNING
5. Evaluating the merits of inferencing and discovery learning
6. What practice makes (almost) perfect (and for what purpose)?
7. Making it stick
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
8. Taking stock
9. Avenues
Index
Biography
Frank Boers is Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at University of Western Ontario, Canada.
